What's the most memorable THING you've ever put a bullet through.
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gordy
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A very nice 7 point buck, my first.
tightgroup tiger
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a ferel cat at 450yds with a mauser and open sights off of a picnic table at my dads house and a ground hog through the eye with a 243 win offhand at 75yds.
My father beat me though in our competion by shooting a water snake in the neck at 125 yds laying on the dock of his lake with his 1946 model 70 also in 243.
My father beat me though in our competion by shooting a water snake in the neck at 125 yds laying on the dock of his lake with his 1946 model 70 also in 243.
bikerdoc
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Somewhere in the A shau well within the roe.
Guy B. Meredith
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Love the cell and smart phone targets. I'd love to have an entire IPSC or ICORE match where all the targets are (whatever)pads, cell phones and smart phones.
Back before cell phones when pagers were the thing my daughter got one against my orders so I took it out with a couple of shots from my Ruger MK510. Others at the range acted like I'd shot the Bible.
Back before cell phones when pagers were the thing my daughter got one against my orders so I took it out with a couple of shots from my Ruger MK510. Others at the range acted like I'd shot the Bible.
Seamore2001
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An old refrigerator dumped out in the woods, when I was nine. Little did my uncle and I know, before I started shooting, that some bees had set up a hive in the appliance....
Kaptain Five
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We put a couple 12ga slugs through a broken Xbox 360.
My wife was happy, until i bought another Xbox
My wife was happy, until i bought another Xbox
Smith357
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A .50 BMG though a manhole cover. It punched a hole so clean you could see the riflings from the bullet in the steel.
I shot a fly on my 100 yard target. Looking through the scope I saw a hole where there should be no hole. It was a fly. That 223 had a 18 power scope and I told my buddy "Watch this." I shot and he said how do we know you really hit it? When I pulled the target one hole had specks of fly blood around a hole. He bitchingly admitted I made the shot.
Dr T
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Not mine, but:
A friend, when he was a young police officer, accidentally discharged a 12 ga. riot gun into the new carpet in the station house. When he retired as a detective many years later, the small square of carpet with a nice 12 ga. size scorched hole in it, nicely framed, was presented to him at his retirement party...
A friend, when he was a young police officer, accidentally discharged a 12 ga. riot gun into the new carpet in the station house. When he retired as a detective many years later, the small square of carpet with a nice 12 ga. size scorched hole in it, nicely framed, was presented to him at his retirement party...
CountryUgly
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First off this is a great thread and some of the stories are quite amazing. It's threads like this that make me love THR. Now my turn, Dec. 2007 I shot a doe at a measured twice with a measuring wheel 690 yards with a Savage 111 in .30-06 my wife and step father both witnessed the shot and i made them sign a sworn statement attesting to the fact of what they witnessed because no one was ever going to believe it. I actually thought it was closer to 400 yards till we measured it with the measuring wheel.
rm23
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A full propane tank with a lit flare taped to it.
langenc
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I see one of those hard drives at the range every now and then.
Why the slob that shot it didnt take it home, I wonder what his living room looks like??
Why the slob that shot it didnt take it home, I wonder what his living room looks like??
offroaddiver
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most memorable...saw a 12 gauge round stuck in the target stand... hit it with 22 and boom. and a rifled slug through a squirrel when hunting with my grandfather as a kid.... not the nicest memory but memorable
Tempest 455
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A computer that pissed me off for years.
Long version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gl2RSvXyAA
Short version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL-1zwpCvoc
Long version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gl2RSvXyAA
Short version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL-1zwpCvoc
armedwalleye
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A gopher
Had some dirt work done when we built a house. Was in the process of paying the man $500 for his day's work when a gopher pushed up a mound 60 yards out. Politely paused the payment, stepped indoors and grabbed the first gun I could lay hands on, a Rem .22 speedmaster with iron sights. Jacked one round in, leaned in on the garage door frame, held high and hit the gas. The dirt was just starting to move, came through the dirt mound and clipped Mr Gopher in the top of the head, rolling him out of the burrow. Checked the gun to make sure the chamber was clear, set the rifle on the pickup tailgate, turned back to the gentleman and asked him, Where were we?" His response was classic. "We are all done, and I was just leaving...."
Had some dirt work done when we built a house. Was in the process of paying the man $500 for his day's work when a gopher pushed up a mound 60 yards out. Politely paused the payment, stepped indoors and grabbed the first gun I could lay hands on, a Rem .22 speedmaster with iron sights. Jacked one round in, leaned in on the garage door frame, held high and hit the gas. The dirt was just starting to move, came through the dirt mound and clipped Mr Gopher in the top of the head, rolling him out of the burrow. Checked the gun to make sure the chamber was clear, set the rifle on the pickup tailgate, turned back to the gentleman and asked him, Where were we?" His response was classic. "We are all done, and I was just leaving...."
steven58
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A few years back a friend of mine accidentally put 3 .223 Barnes X copper slugs through a 3 month old German Shepherd puppy.
the bullets went in just under the nose and exited the rear. They did not expand.
Fortunately they did no damage and took only about 24 hrs to pass through. All 3 rounds were recovered from a pile of "backstop" and, after being rinsed off, were no worse for wear
After that he kept a better eye on his pup till he learned not to chew on reloading supplies.
the bullets went in just under the nose and exited the rear. They did not expand.
Fortunately they did no damage and took only about 24 hrs to pass through. All 3 rounds were recovered from a pile of "backstop" and, after being rinsed off, were no worse for wear
After that he kept a better eye on his pup till he learned not to chew on reloading supplies.
ErieLurker
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An old WWII "Ram" tank with an M-72.
Bit of a "flare" as it burned through the armour, and then a loud THUNK! Kind of anti-climatic.
But then again an M-72 doesn't quite qualify as a "bullet" per se.
Bit of a "flare" as it burned through the armour, and then a loud THUNK! Kind of anti-climatic.
But then again an M-72 doesn't quite qualify as a "bullet" per se.
Driftertank
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I was about to become a bit outraged before i finished that story. But when it clicked, i LOL'ed.
Well played sir, in a twisted sort of way...
WALKERs210
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Back around the mid 80's my neighbors and I were out shooting a CO2 pellet pistol. When we got ready go call it a day I made comment about showing how to quick draw and shoot. Friend tossed a can in the air I drew and fired, TINK, I actually hit it. When we picked the can up the pellet was inside the can, pellet had went thru the opening. His wife really thought I was that good and intended to do that. Never did tell her it was just blind luck.
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