bikemutt
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I installed a new scope this weekend, best job I'd ever done. Meticulous attention to every detail.
Until I realized I'd installed it backwards
Until I realized I'd installed it backwards
Have you ever???
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I put a Weaver K4 on 90° off one time... Turrets were 90° off and all of my adjustments were just wrong...
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I installed a new scope this weekend, best job I'd ever done. Meticulous attention to every detail.
Until I realized I'd installed it backwards
How could you have paid meticulous attention to detail, like eye relief, if it was backwards?
In answer, no, have never installed a scope backwards. How could you set the eye relief? Or the focus? Or leveled the crosshairs?
MedWheeler
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I've never done that, but I've done similarly dumb things, like install a locking doorknob only to discover the keyhole is on the inside of the room/house.
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bikemutt
Sounds like one of my typical DIY projects!
I installed a new scope this weekend, best job I'd ever done. Meticulous attention to every detail.
Until I realized I'd installed it backwards
Sounds like one of my typical DIY projects!
I'd have a hard time doing that. I have to look through the scope multiple times to get the crosshairs vertical and the eye relief set properly.. I'd notice it backwards right off.
I did have a scope on a 22 once with the built in rails for scope rings. I had loosened the mounts and slid the scope off to use it with irons. I decided to quickly remount it by simply sliding the rings into the grooves and tighten up the screws. Got it on backwards and didn't notice until in the woods hunting and had no tools.
I did have a scope on a 22 once with the built in rails for scope rings. I had loosened the mounts and slid the scope off to use it with irons. I decided to quickly remount it by simply sliding the rings into the grooves and tighten up the screws. Got it on backwards and didn't notice until in the woods hunting and had no tools.
Is there a post size limit? I could fill a couple of valuable forum pages with all my goofs.
Favorite example: Putting in an outside hose connection and getting mixed up down in the basement between the hot water and cold water lines to make the connection. Great for washing the car, but not much else.
And I'm sure at least one of us (me) has forgotten to change the primer seating arm from small pistol to large pistol. Got lucky with that one, no 'splosions. Dumb luck, not smart luck, that was.
I could go on...
I'm not signing this one so nobody will know who posted it.
Favorite example: Putting in an outside hose connection and getting mixed up down in the basement between the hot water and cold water lines to make the connection. Great for washing the car, but not much else.
And I'm sure at least one of us (me) has forgotten to change the primer seating arm from small pistol to large pistol. Got lucky with that one, no 'splosions. Dumb luck, not smart luck, that was.
I could go on...
I'm not signing this one so nobody will know who posted it.
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PowerG
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We bought this gigantic swing set for the kids one Christmas, had a bag of bolts that nearly required a wheel barrow to lug around. Instructions? Pfft, who needs instructions...well there were about a kazillion bolts in there, and some were about 1/4" longer than the others. Got the thing halfway up and then had to take it back apart because the shorter bolts wouldn't work in the places where it called for the longer ones, some of which I had used where the shorter ones were supposed to go.
I put on a scope 90 degrees off one time also. I really don't want to talk about it.
I put on a scope 90 degrees off one time also. I really don't want to talk about it.
burrhead
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Installed an AR gas tube upside down one time. Took a couple of minutes to figure out why it wouldn't cycle. Wasn't my first build either.
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A hospital in Seattle had their main storm water and sewer discharge lines reversed.
People wondered why there was raw sewage in Lake Washington for years.
Finally a city inspector followed the path all the way back.
Cost some big dollars.
The same hospital fired their in house electrician.
He notified the city that the hospital had been doing electrical remodel work for years without pulling the permits and their electrician had let his license expire.
The funny part was he was the one that didn't pull the permits and had no license.
Another big fine.
My BIL loaned me his chain saw and said it didn't cut very well and he thought I would need to sharpen the chain.
I turned the chain around and it cut like new.
People wondered why there was raw sewage in Lake Washington for years.
Finally a city inspector followed the path all the way back.
Cost some big dollars.
The same hospital fired their in house electrician.
He notified the city that the hospital had been doing electrical remodel work for years without pulling the permits and their electrician had let his license expire.
The funny part was he was the one that didn't pull the permits and had no license.
Another big fine.
My BIL loaned me his chain saw and said it didn't cut very well and he thought I would need to sharpen the chain.
I turned the chain around and it cut like new.
OP
OP
bikemutt
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Good question Malamute. I assembled all the parts together except for the top part of the scope rings. That allowed me to confirm eye relief, turret top level etc. It was all good. Removed the scope, set it down, took a bathroom break, returned to finish the job. The rest is history.
JTHunter
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The worst screw-up that I ever did wasn't to a gun, it was to my thumb - with a table saw. It was a secondhand saw with no manual and I wasn't really familiar with how they worked. I am just VERY lucky in that the blade on the saw at that time was NOT a 24 tooth "ripping" blade but a 40 tooth carbide "finishing" blade. The surgeon told me that it hit the perfect spot, the joint in the middle, and popped the end of the thumb off the way you pop apart a thigh and drumstick on a chicken leg.
The only thing I have to be careful with is holding a soda can (or larger) in that hand as I can't wrap around a soda can anymore.
Oh well. I needed to cut back on all the soda anyhow.
The only thing I have to be careful with is holding a soda can (or larger) in that hand as I can't wrap around a soda can anymore.
Oh well. I needed to cut back on all the soda anyhow.
We certainly all have our moments.
One of the interesting news pics showed an LEO with an Eotech on the gun backwards. Another seemed to show an AR mag inserted upside down (or backwards?). It looked like an impossible feat, but the picture exists from a (real) news source I believe.
mstreddy
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Ouch!!!! Cut back, got it!
So, are you telling us you can't "hold" your soda?
I know this guy who was very happy to have bought one of those fancy new-fangled EOTech sights. Installed it on a M1A SOCOM 16. Got to the range, was showing it off, and the range guys had to tell him - why did you put it on backwards?
In the interest of privacy I will NOT reveal his name.
Boy, have I ever. 50 years ago I was in the Navy. I was a mechanic in a squadron that flew A4 Skyhawks. We were in the Jacksonville, Fla. area. I was replacing the air conditioning turbine on a trainer (had 2 seats) and the "brass" was in a hurry to get it done and in the air. I used to bum rides with anybody since I loved to fly at the time ( 5 crashes later I was cured of the flying bug). Since a pilot was the only one taking the plane up, I was able to go along and enjoy the ride. We got to about 15,000 feet up and 150 miles of the coast and began to notice that no matter how much we tried to adjust the a/c to get cool, nothing worked. It just got hotter. It quickly got very hot and smokey and we could smell things like wires burning. Instruments started to fail and the pilot asked me if I had any idea what was wrong and although I had figured it out, I said it might an electrical problem. It was clear that we were not going to make it all the way back to the air field so the pilot radioed for help and he turned back out to sea and we jettisoned the canopy at about 5000 feet and bailed out. No need to eject since we had time to just jump out. We were picked up about 5 hours later. I never told anybody that I was sure that I had installed the a/c turbine backwards. Instead of taking hot air from the engine and cooling it, it was doing the opposite thanks to me. If we had stayed with the plane, we would have gone down in flames. Somewhere off the coast of Florida, an A4 Skyhawk is at the bottom of the Atlantic with the evidence of Murphy's Law. That was one error I never did again.
aarondhgraham
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I make holsters,,,
Fancy barbecue holsters for fancy guns,,,
I always line them so I rubber cement them to a marble slab before I tool.
I had done some very detailed figure carving on a Mexican loop holster,,,
Imagine my surprise when I peeled it off of the slab to line it,,,
And I suddenly realized I had the pattern upside down.
As fancy a left-handed holster as there ever was,,,
Fortunately it was for a common gun,,,
So I was able to eventually sell it.
Aarond
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Fancy barbecue holsters for fancy guns,,,
I always line them so I rubber cement them to a marble slab before I tool.
I had done some very detailed figure carving on a Mexican loop holster,,,
Imagine my surprise when I peeled it off of the slab to line it,,,
And I suddenly realized I had the pattern upside down.
As fancy a left-handed holster as there ever was,,,
Fortunately it was for a common gun,,,
So I was able to eventually sell it.
Aarond
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aarondhgraham
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I came home one day and my wife had installed coaster wheels on our couch,,,
She used my 3/8" bit to drill four holes about 3" deep.
She mentioned that I probably needed a new drill bit as this one was very dull,,,
I lifted the couch and saw four holes that were charred black and ragged.
I looked at my drill and it was set in reverse,,,
She had literally burned four holes in hardwood sofa legs.
Aarond
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She used my 3/8" bit to drill four holes about 3" deep.
She mentioned that I probably needed a new drill bit as this one was very dull,,,
I lifted the couch and saw four holes that were charred black and ragged.
I looked at my drill and it was set in reverse,,,
She had literally burned four holes in hardwood sofa legs.
Aarond
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Bbear
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Worked retail sporting goods in college. Had a guy trade in a Remington 700 ADL 30-06 because 'the scope's messed up'. Had it mounted 90* off. His complaint was that it said that turning the knob right raised point of impact and his moved sideways. Even after showing him the error in mounting, he traded it anyways.
JTHunter
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Ouch!!!! Cut back, got it!
So, are you telling us you can't "hold" your soda?
The soda, combined with what usually goes with soda (not liquid additives - chips, etc.), was having a detrimental effect on my "shape". And, considering my age, I didn't need the added "baggage".
That plus my left grip is 1.5" shorter than my right with half the thumb gone.
mstreddy
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JT, I have a buddy that reached under a running lawn mower to clear some clippings -- well, 2 of his fingers got clipped. So, they are a little shorter than normal. He's got that sense of humor like yours -- "just call me stubby".
Glad to hear you got a "grip" on the snacking issue.
On another note, we were at the range once and we're watching this shooter next to us trying to sight in his new rifle and scope. He seemed to be having problems getting it to hit paper (100 yards). We offered to help. I shot at the berm with my buddy spotting. It was WAY OFF. I get to looking at the scope, it feels loose, particularly at the front ring/base. I look and he barely had the base attached in the front. He then tells us that he couldn't get it on right. -== turns out the scope front lens area was very wide, too wide to fit on the rifle with the short rings he had. So, he had just placed it on and shot.
So, we explained about different height rings and suggested he get some, or a smaller scope.
Glad to hear you got a "grip" on the snacking issue.
On another note, we were at the range once and we're watching this shooter next to us trying to sight in his new rifle and scope. He seemed to be having problems getting it to hit paper (100 yards). We offered to help. I shot at the berm with my buddy spotting. It was WAY OFF. I get to looking at the scope, it feels loose, particularly at the front ring/base. I look and he barely had the base attached in the front. He then tells us that he couldn't get it on right. -== turns out the scope front lens area was very wide, too wide to fit on the rifle with the short rings he had. So, he had just placed it on and shot.
So, we explained about different height rings and suggested he get some, or a smaller scope.
Sav .250
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Yes . No need to re-hash my error.
AZAndy
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Nothing gun-related that I can think of, but I've finished a computer build, turned it on, and then realized I hadn't plugged in the hard drive. I've done that more than once. (Part of my job is building computers; I've done it hundreds of times, so I should know better.)
KansasSasquatch
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I bet that gives it a First Round Hold Open feature instead of a last round hold open.
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