Re: I got my Zen
While far from my first shooting experience, I did have a misshap shooting trap with a shotgun at the now defunct Eagle Rock Gun Club range. They had just installed a new trap house and I was using a friends 1912 Winchester model 12 (12 Ga. of course). This antique bastard was equipped with a steel butt plate that made grown men cry after a few rounds into the shoulder. We were shooting double pigeons. Trying to get both with each throw. I was warming up and doing well, after a few dozen throws I had a problem with the gun after picking off the first pigeon I sighted and pulled the trigger on the second and nothing happened. I turned the gun over to view the right side and realized I hadn't slid the chamber all the way shut. Well without thinking about it first I slid the chamber home but unfortunately I had neglected to release the trigger first and the gun fired off and that steel butt plate caugt me square in the jaw. Didn't break it but It did spin me into the air in a backwards 360. Very purple for awhile.
Originally posted by dollarbill
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