THRILLSEEKER
11-20-2007, 10:12 PM
Starts this comming Monday. I stopped hunting years ago due to the "idiot factor" but reccently started again. I got this from another forum that I use occasionally, composed by a range officer. Maybe its a good thing that Ohio is shotgun only. Scarriest part is, ITS REAL!
Well another session of sighting in days has come and gone at our club. We open it for an entire month to the "public". I can only say ONE thing....
I am glad I have hunted on private property.
Some of the things we have seen over the years are next to unbelievable but are not strange. This year gave us a few more to add . For instance.
3 Ramrods shot downrange at the 100 yd targets.
(Opps ! I guess I forgot to take it out .) "Do you guys sell spares."
"I just got this blackpowder gun yesterday". Unassembled, scope, mounts . "Can you put it together.Sight it in, AND teach me how to use it well enough so I can shoot 1" groups at 100 yds ? I am going hunting tommorrow morning " Ball starter ? What is a Ball starter? No I don't have one ? What do you mean I need primers ? Bore butter ? Etc. Etc. Happened many times.
8 MM Bullet reloads fired out of a 30-06 (This was an impressive recoil) . Loaded by whom ? The FN held together. This happened once before a few years back.
Just last year a 7x57 Cartridge was detonated in a 7mm Mag Chamber. This one almost cost a guy 3 of his fingers. They were swollen like sausages after the round went off. Gun held. Bolt immovable, floor plate blown open . Finally beat it open with a hammer handle. Only the back came out. The case was laminated to the chamber. "Is it safe to shoot he asks...I wouldn't would you ?
.308 Win. fired in a 30-06 (Not once but three times)
.270 Winchesters fired out of a 30-06. "Why is my accuracy so bad. Same case with .243 shot out of a .308
32 cal. bullets fired in a 30-30 (bullet pushed back) Reloaded by a friend. Now that was really a dangerous mix.
$95.00 spent on superslugs.....The target was safe at 100yds.
He adjusted his scope after every shot. "Naw I don't need any help...." So be it. He never was on paper but said the accuracy was good enough for him.
11 idiot marks (cuts) on forehead. One required 6 stitches.Most others the blood was just mopped up an a few butterflies put on the cuts.
Missing the entire target (2'x3') by 6 to 8 Feet after boresighting at a local stores. (All slug shotguns, new production Remington/Mossberg cantilever mounts at 50 yds. )Coincidence ? I just quit counting after a while. Note ! The older ones did fine.
A Husquavarna 30-06 with a stock and action held together by duct tape and the stock wrist with electical tape. We advised him not to shoot it.
Multiple bores with cleaning patches left in them. (We checked and they were removed before they went on the range )
Bores so bad that they are solid rust. Can't make out the lands and grooves. ( We caution them against using them that way)
"Oh hell,says Bubba. The first shot will clean that out...always has. "
Stuck bullets in muzzle loaders. Wrong caliber.
A scope mounted on a saddle mount with HOSE CLAMPS. (Yes. I do have a picture for my archives. ) I sighted him in and never cracked a smile.
He said he got an 8 point from his gun ( An 1100 with a 30 inch trap barrel so this was his good luck "gun".
"I can't get this gun to shoot right....checked." 6 different weights and manufacturers in his ammo carrier . "If it is 30-06 it is the RIGHT caliber. Leave me alone !" So we did.....
The more people you see on the the range.The more wierd incidences will occur.
If these guys had the restrictions/qualifications other countries have on hunters probably 50% would not be allowed in the field.
The really sad part is that very ,very few will even pick up the piece they hunted with until next year. A pity.
We are killing the sport with the type of people that go out without a clue......AND.....do not care or will not take the time to learn.
Well another session of sighting in days has come and gone at our club. We open it for an entire month to the "public". I can only say ONE thing....
I am glad I have hunted on private property.
Some of the things we have seen over the years are next to unbelievable but are not strange. This year gave us a few more to add . For instance.
3 Ramrods shot downrange at the 100 yd targets.
(Opps ! I guess I forgot to take it out .) "Do you guys sell spares."
"I just got this blackpowder gun yesterday". Unassembled, scope, mounts . "Can you put it together.Sight it in, AND teach me how to use it well enough so I can shoot 1" groups at 100 yds ? I am going hunting tommorrow morning " Ball starter ? What is a Ball starter? No I don't have one ? What do you mean I need primers ? Bore butter ? Etc. Etc. Happened many times.
8 MM Bullet reloads fired out of a 30-06 (This was an impressive recoil) . Loaded by whom ? The FN held together. This happened once before a few years back.
Just last year a 7x57 Cartridge was detonated in a 7mm Mag Chamber. This one almost cost a guy 3 of his fingers. They were swollen like sausages after the round went off. Gun held. Bolt immovable, floor plate blown open . Finally beat it open with a hammer handle. Only the back came out. The case was laminated to the chamber. "Is it safe to shoot he asks...I wouldn't would you ?
.308 Win. fired in a 30-06 (Not once but three times)
.270 Winchesters fired out of a 30-06. "Why is my accuracy so bad. Same case with .243 shot out of a .308
32 cal. bullets fired in a 30-30 (bullet pushed back) Reloaded by a friend. Now that was really a dangerous mix.
$95.00 spent on superslugs.....The target was safe at 100yds.
He adjusted his scope after every shot. "Naw I don't need any help...." So be it. He never was on paper but said the accuracy was good enough for him.
11 idiot marks (cuts) on forehead. One required 6 stitches.Most others the blood was just mopped up an a few butterflies put on the cuts.
Missing the entire target (2'x3') by 6 to 8 Feet after boresighting at a local stores. (All slug shotguns, new production Remington/Mossberg cantilever mounts at 50 yds. )Coincidence ? I just quit counting after a while. Note ! The older ones did fine.
A Husquavarna 30-06 with a stock and action held together by duct tape and the stock wrist with electical tape. We advised him not to shoot it.
Multiple bores with cleaning patches left in them. (We checked and they were removed before they went on the range )
Bores so bad that they are solid rust. Can't make out the lands and grooves. ( We caution them against using them that way)
"Oh hell,says Bubba. The first shot will clean that out...always has. "
Stuck bullets in muzzle loaders. Wrong caliber.
A scope mounted on a saddle mount with HOSE CLAMPS. (Yes. I do have a picture for my archives. ) I sighted him in and never cracked a smile.
He said he got an 8 point from his gun ( An 1100 with a 30 inch trap barrel so this was his good luck "gun".
"I can't get this gun to shoot right....checked." 6 different weights and manufacturers in his ammo carrier . "If it is 30-06 it is the RIGHT caliber. Leave me alone !" So we did.....
The more people you see on the the range.The more wierd incidences will occur.
If these guys had the restrictions/qualifications other countries have on hunters probably 50% would not be allowed in the field.
The really sad part is that very ,very few will even pick up the piece they hunted with until next year. A pity.
We are killing the sport with the type of people that go out without a clue......AND.....do not care or will not take the time to learn.