Story and pictures of gun mishap while hunting this last season

[gaddy]

i would think bolth companys would want to inspect it . if for no other reason , research on thier products. i would try to get ahold of the head person at winchester and try to bypass the phone flunkys. e-mail picts to the pres, be nice but let them see the product. same with federal, see if you can get access to the top dogs. if i was in a position to see a product failure, no mater what the cause, id want want to see it. the phone flunkies always seem to try & put problems in the hands of the user, guess thats thier job. but i had a problem with a shot gun a few years ago & when i finally(pain in the ass) got ahold of the upper management they were shocked(so they said) that i had been treated that way & they got the parts sent to me free.i guess its like any product,those that arent persistant enough or dont get ahold of the right people wont be heard.i would think that gun would be valuable to thier r&d dept no matter what the cause. and if for no other reason to keep it out of the public eye.

[bigelk1030]

That is exactly what I was thinking gaddy, at least for Winchester I couldnt find a single email address.  I suppose they get a lot of hate mail if its published on the web.

Anyone have the email address for someone (preferably senior management) at Winchester?

[Raul Duke]

WOW, I have never seen something like this. 

[wsucowboy]

WOW! Your very lucky indeed! Never seen anything like that before

[huntandjeep]

Thats crazy 

[sakoshooter]

I'm glad to be able to read a story written by the person this happened to. Could have been a lot worse. Say your prayers.

[bigelk1030]

I'm glad to be able to read a story written by the person this happened to. Could have been a lot worse. Say your prayers.

Thank you, your note hit home, I pause every once in a while and think 'what if'. 

I am very very lucky to make it through with no major injuries.  Things could of been really bad, I was many miles from a hospital, it could of hurt the guy I was with, lots of what if's.  I will take a little hearing loss over what could have been.

[bigelk1030]

WOW!!  You are lucky to have all your digits still!! 

With the cold weather I was wearing a thick winter mitten, I am sure it absorbed a lot of the energy, with out it I may have lost some fingers.  As I mentioned, my hand was numb, actually tingled for a few days, my fingertips were bruised (around the nails) for a few weeks.

I attended the hunters ed course with my son right after I returned from the hunt, they showed some pictures of hands half gone from gun and muzzleloader incidents.  Thought long and hard about how close I was to losing my hand.

I have thought, what if the stock was walnut or synthetic?  I think the laminated wood held together better than the others would have.  I might of been picking pieces of synthetic stock out of my hand.