e-flores Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 (edited) ok so this was discussed in another thread and it was to long and random to post in a single thread and i didnt want to thread jack myself so here it is.ok so here goes... a good friend of mine and i go hunting. we both find our tree stands and its all going good, until brewer( the good friend of mine) decides he wants to climb the home made "tree stand" which consist of a 10' old school 1970's t.v. antenna with a homemade wooden box on top of it. my guess is that the wooden box was supposed to be meant for some kind of seat:dunno:and for further reference he chose this "tree stand" over the tree stand with an overhang padded seat and a ladder that is fully capable of supporting his 230# mass. so brewer gets to the top rung of he antenna and the strap that is supporting the top end snaps! he is wiggling around trying to grab onto something before he falls uncontrolably 10" to the ground. he decides that the only way he is going to walk away from the situation is if he drops the gun and gives the tree a good ole' classic bear hug and then proceed to shimmy his way down the tree. which works out really good for him but not so much for the gun... it ends up barrel down about 6 inches in the snow soaked ground. after all this goes down he decides that it would be best for him to revert to the original plan and use the more suitable tree stand less than 20 yards away..... the day goes on it gets dark we meet up on the trail and start our walk out of the woods. brewer explains everything that had happened and i laugh and explain to him that it would probably be best for him to go home and clean out everything before he actually uses the gun again. he agrees and informed me that he took the barrel off while in the tree stand and rammed a stick through it in an attempt to clean out everything and the only way he was planning on shooting anything is if he had spotted a deer. but as we are walking out of the woods i decide it would be down right funny to take a shot right behind him in an attempt to make him crap himself, but what ended up happening was totally not to plan. brewer gets pissed and takes a random shot at the hill next to us that i had taken a shot at, but the mud that he had supposedly clean out of the barrel prior to taking the shot hinders the lead slug from exiting the barrel properly. the built up pressure created a hole in the side of the barrel shooting lead shrapnel to the left and out of the end of the barrel itself. (see diagram)so moral of the story never plan on scaring the crap out of someone unless you are prepared to crap yourself as well.oh and pics of the barrel.oh and pics of the barrel. Edited December 16, 2008 by e-flores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman88210 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exSRAaron Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 +1! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrjess0815 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 yikes... thats crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 How much mud was in the barrel? I'm hoping there was so much that you couldnt see thru it. Otherwise, i'm now scared to shoot a gun with the smallest amount of debris in the barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yotaman88210 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 He said his friend poked a stick through it so there must of been an opening.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-flores Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 yeah he said it was pretty clean but apparently not clean enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbarron77 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 How much mud was in the barrel? I'm hoping there was so much that you couldnt see thru it. Otherwise, i'm now scared to shoot a gun with the smallest amount of debris in the barrel.I won't shoot a gun that has the smallest amount of dirt/debris in the barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troyec001 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 My first thought when I saw "I almost died" was "Slacker." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorro Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 yeah he said it was pretty clean but apparently not clean enoughthat's pretty scary. thanks for the info. I will definitely keep this in mind if i'm ever in this situation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Putty Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Damn.....I would have wanted to see him hanging from tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-flores Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 You both are lucky you still have faces. And the moral of the story is don't discharge a dirty firearm no matter how many sticks you clean it out with. Yeah I expected flaming from this thread eventually and but I do agree, hince the name of the thread. It was a stupid move on both our parts for sure. And I do realize how lucky I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dweezel Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 if it was shot, you probably wouldn't have had an issue, but with a slug, even a small piece of dirt will jam the slug in the barrel and cause a problem, your both lucky to be alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjachk08 Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 omg!! be careful next time E! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremygsxr Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Dayyuummm. I've shot and been around a lot of shot shotguns, but I never seen one look like that. Glad you guys are ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-flores Posted December 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 omg!! be careful next time E!we are it was just one of those random occurrences. i dont know, i am always i mean ALWAYS!!! super careful when carring a gun. it was a situation that could have been prevented yes. but it happened. not going to happen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r6allstar Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 sh*t.. Darwin almost got another one.. be safe next time, I am sure you guys both realize how lucky you are! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
f4isvt Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 apparently looney tunes had it wrong the should have used mud instead of a finger to fill the barrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-flores Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 yeah not a bad idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleCock Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 holy shit you are lucky mofo. 1 down, 8 to go right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-flores Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 actually i think its more like 6 down 2 to go.... but it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 So my question is this.. Why is he dumping slugs down a barrel that does not look like a slug barrel. That looks like the standard shot barrel with a choke tube in the end.!!!! If that is the case then that is part of your problem. besides your friend being an idot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
e-flores Posted December 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 ....rifled choke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 ....rifled choke.Rifled and choked? Didnt know they were doing that now. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 (edited) crazy lucky...glad no one got cut..jiminycrickets.....at least the hill is safe.. Edited December 17, 2008 by Gump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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