SpeedAKL
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So I was getting in some end-of-semester shooting the other week. I always like to strike up conversations with other people at the range and examine their toys; these two guys had brought along a couple beautiful Lee-Enfields that had been converted into sporter rifles. Anyhow, we got to talking and the guy starts telling me of a bass-fishing trip gone really, really wrong.
They were down on the New River in southwest VA, right by the Radford Army Ammo Plant. It's a pretty decent fishing spot. All of the sudden, a white trash bin gets thrown into the river from the other side and soon bullets start whizzing by. Whoever was shooting at it was apparently a pretty poor shot, because these guys were nowhere near the trash can and were taking lead. They were eventually able to get the shooters' attention by yelling, but not before a rifle round entered one of the fishers' shoulders and exited out the back
He showed the scar, it wasn't pretty. Thankfully no major arteries got pierced and it was a smaller-caliber round.
I'm not at all opposed to shooting on open land out in the boondocks, but be careful!!!!!! Events like this make us shooters look bad!
They were down on the New River in southwest VA, right by the Radford Army Ammo Plant. It's a pretty decent fishing spot. All of the sudden, a white trash bin gets thrown into the river from the other side and soon bullets start whizzing by. Whoever was shooting at it was apparently a pretty poor shot, because these guys were nowhere near the trash can and were taking lead. They were eventually able to get the shooters' attention by yelling, but not before a rifle round entered one of the fishers' shoulders and exited out the back
He showed the scar, it wasn't pretty. Thankfully no major arteries got pierced and it was a smaller-caliber round.
I'm not at all opposed to shooting on open land out in the boondocks, but be careful!!!!!! Events like this make us shooters look bad!