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Offline GHETTO GUIDE

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3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« on: October 04, 2009, 09:06:30 PM »
Sooo, I am at work tonight , all night.  My buddy takes my wife out for pm hunt, kids at baby sitters,... yes I trust him. 

They are on elk , first bull comes in 50yds, POP! cap only!  She reloads , they circle around em,10 min later  call a rag horn back in ,POP, cap only!  WTF????  RELOAD AGAIN,  back on elk 20 min later,  call in a " big four point" she says , and yep you guessed it,  POP no fire.

I just loaded it last night for her, and put a cap through it first .  They head back to the road, find a back stop and try to fire the gun again.  BOOM!!! Now the damn thing goes off.   

She is sick to her stomach.

This was her over the phone version.
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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2009, 09:13:21 PM »
ouch!
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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2009, 09:18:36 PM »
Guess it wasnt meant to be. Sounds like my Oregon hunt.  Three shots, three misses.

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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2009, 09:20:21 PM »
that sucks, but at least she got on to elk and had the chance
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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2009, 09:31:19 PM »
She is ready for tomorrow when I get home from work.
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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2009, 11:43:18 PM »
I've seen that before too many times for my liking!  I guess that is part of hunting, but it's dang tough to explain to somebody else.  One thing that may have happened that you can avoid is not bringing a cold gun into a warm house/tent/cabin; it'll draw moisture more often than not.  We leave them unloaded inside or loaded ones stay outside locked in the pickup.
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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #6 on: October 05, 2009, 04:07:28 AM »
that sucks!  :bash:
I have some buddies that this happened to this year also??????
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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #7 on: October 05, 2009, 05:21:51 AM »
Ouch, good tip Todd!

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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #8 on: October 08, 2009, 01:56:07 PM »
That sucks.   :(  Had it happen to me before.....but only once.  Three times would really be tough to swallow.  Will she be switching over to modern rifle next year? 
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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2009, 09:30:38 AM »
I had the same problem with my muzzy & that is why I switched to archery.   I actually solved my problem & recommend this to all black powder guys. One day I shot an animal & loaded for a follow up which miss fired 5 minutes after loading. I removed the nipple and found no powder in sight ! After that day I would load as normal ( ff ) & then remove nipple , and add a little fff powder in the breech wherer the nipple threads in. Problem solved & NEVER miss fired again, even when loaded all day. Hope this helps. Mike

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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2009, 11:59:31 AM »
Thanks for the tips guys.  She got another shot 2 days before the season ended ,  LARGE 5 PT.  Yes the gun went BANG! No she did not hit it!  :bash:

Its tough giving up shots to your wife and not taking them my self,  We both still have tags.   UgggHHHH.
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Re: 3 shots , 3 bulls, she hates me!
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2009, 01:51:57 PM »
 :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :bash: :twocents: Mark

 


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