Like so many of you, I was shooting starlings from my dining room table out the window. The first thing I shot was a wind chime hanging outside the window. That wasn’t enough, the next thing I shot was the lower window frame. I never did tell her and I don’t think she ever found out. Those dang scopes. It was my AA S410E in.177. From then on I stayed in the family room shooting out the slider. Thank heavens I never put a hole in that. Happy and safe shooting.
Shot something you shouldn’t???
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Um, yes, although I was sure nothing would be harmed and nothing was. Much to my surprise, the pellet hit exactly where I intended. I could tell by how the creature reacted. No doubt it returned, but none of them has come as close as before.
Better than throwing a rock at it.
Better than throwing a rock at it.
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I shot myself in the forehead when I was 21 with a 22lr. Ran across a big pile of old ceramic insulators from a high power power line deep in the 1,000+
acres I used to hunt with exclusive access, well techically the owner's son had access but he lived on the west coast and this was in SW Va. So I took my ruger mk1 pistol out for some target shooting busting a few, first and only shot, bullet hits the insulator, follows the contour of the insulator and comes right back and smacks my forehead. Luckily it spent most of it's energy and did not even break the skin a little, but it was stuck in cloth of my hat. If it weren't for the dirt and fungus on the insulator showing the path of the bullet, there might not have been a mark on it.
acres I used to hunt with exclusive access, well techically the owner's son had access but he lived on the west coast and this was in SW Va. So I took my ruger mk1 pistol out for some target shooting busting a few, first and only shot, bullet hits the insulator, follows the contour of the insulator and comes right back and smacks my forehead. Luckily it spent most of it's energy and did not even break the skin a little, but it was stuck in cloth of my hat. If it weren't for the dirt and fungus on the insulator showing the path of the bullet, there might not have been a mark on it.
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Mirror it on the other side and it'll look like it's supposed to be there. I guess matching up the exits is the tough part.
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Wow that is crazy. As a kid I used to shoot those as they tore down a power line around my house and left all the poles. Never had anything like that happen though. On a side note 343 dollars later my basement window that started this thread is all fixed
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@Trucker3573 , Glad your window is back to normal without costing an arm and leg. These insulators were huge high voltage insulators, not like the ones you see on distribution lines in neighborhoods, they were well over a foot in diameter and weighed a ton.
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Not happy to admit it but here’s what happened.
Shooting into my woods at targets. I get a call & set TX200 in safe. I forget about it and pull it out 3 days later. I do what I always do. Stand aiming offhand and practice trigger control. Smash, hole right through the double pane. Lesson learned, check spring set no matter what if picking up a gun. Someone else could have changed something or, you simply could have forgotten.
Shooting into my woods at targets. I get a call & set TX200 in safe. I forget about it and pull it out 3 days later. I do what I always do. Stand aiming offhand and practice trigger control. Smash, hole right through the double pane. Lesson learned, check spring set no matter what if picking up a gun. Someone else could have changed something or, you simply could have forgotten.
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many decades ago, when I was around 13 years old, we lived in the city, and I saw a squirrel in a mimosa tree in our front yard. I ran to my bedroom and pumped up my Benjamin .22. I had run out of pellets, so I had pulled the bullets out of some .22 short RF shells. I snuck out the bedroom window and around the side of the house and dropped the squirrel first shot, then ran back around to the bedroom window and found mom standing there with her hands on her hips. She had been watching the squirrel out the kitchen window, and when she saw the squirrel suddenly drop from the tree, she knew I probably had something to do with it. She chewed me out and deferred to dad use the belt on me.
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Before I had the BB gun, I had a "pop gun", one of those rifles that had a pin through the barrel a short distance in from the muzzle so you couldn't put anything big down the barrel, but you could shoot the cork that came with it if you cut the string. We found out that we could shove the barrel into the mud and a shoot a dirt clod at each other, but then I got the inspiration to shove the barrel into an ant hill and shoot red ants at my buddy. Well, I guess a red ant crawled up his nose and his mom freaked out and took him to the ER...I caught hell for that one.
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While coyote hunting with a friend .
We had parked along the trail ,getting things out of the truck.
My friend spotted two coyotes about 80 yards out. He leaned across the rear of the truck using the box side to help steady his shot.
He had the shot lined up squeezed the trigger,but the coyote never moved.
He takes one more shot! The coyote runs away. He is disappointed while saying something is wrong with the scope or gun . He happen to take a look in the direction where the coyotes were.
Noticing two holes in the opposite side of the truck box !
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Oh yes, been there, done that…Lolyup!
Couple years ago pesting on a farm permission a woodchuck popped up off the passenger side of my truck! Well the window wasn't all the way down. The scope cleared it but but the barrel didn't! Was an expensive day at the farm
Mine was snipering Indian mynas from the back seat while being driven around…
Learnt that lesson
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This post has made me speak of a small guilt, when I started small gaming with my .22 Dreamline. I didn't shoot anything that I shouldn't have. But, I did shoot many pheasants at more than required power levels and wrong shot placements at times that made them die deep inside thick bushes where I couldn't reach.
Though, I learnt this quite late.... but, yes, should have taken shots correctly.
Eventually, all issues settled with my .25 Cricket.
Though, I learnt this quite late.... but, yes, should have taken shots correctly.
Eventually, all issues settled with my .25 Cricket.
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2 summers ago I’m on my range shooting and a big horse fly lands on my table. Couldn’t resist. I shortened his legs. 
About 2 months again shooting. My trigger screw was almost falling out on my HW97 .25. When I hit the safety as I moving gun into position, it went off into my soffit.
Just missed my eave trough.
Same thing happened in winter, it was lower but hit my shingles on porch.
Thirty+ years ago I was pissed at this squirrel. Dislike squirrels, the reason I’m into Airgun’s. Had no ammo so I grabbed 3 wood screws, as I was building. I was in living room shooting through a just installed sliding patio door. I had 3 #8 3/4 wood screws in pouch. I was going to more than nail him. When I let it go the elastic broke and I put the screws though the glass door. Didn’t save the marriage for a while.
You should see what I do for an encore. Crow
Same thing happened in winter, it was lower but hit my shingles on porch.
Thirty+ years ago I was pissed at this squirrel. Dislike squirrels, the reason I’m into Airgun’s. Had no ammo so I grabbed 3 wood screws, as I was building. I was in living room shooting through a just installed sliding patio door. I had 3 #8 3/4 wood screws in pouch. I was going to more than nail him. When I let it go the elastic broke and I put the screws though the glass door. Didn’t save the marriage for a while.
You should see what I do for an encore. Crow
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...I have seen two TV sets die in my time...I didn't shoot them though...
...I have had trouble with window sills...
...I just shot my table...again...
...I have had trouble with window sills...
...I just shot my table...again...
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My brother in the butt with a bb ! When I was 8 years old over half a century ago lol . I swear I can still see the welts from my granddads hand. I deserved it and so did he LOL.
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