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Post by Turtleburp » 08 Sep 2014, 10:21 pm

Smoking hole in the carpet ahead of me (indoor range, prone) and a smack round the back of the head!

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Post by brett1868 » 08 Sep 2014, 10:21 pm

Combat_Wombat wrote:Roo shooting in a hire car? Straya mate haha


Hire cars are magic and can go anywhere, that's why I always buy the extra insurance :) The tracks up the farm are good and road cars are fine though taking the hire car cross paddock at speed was fun.
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Post by Korkt » 09 Sep 2014, 8:57 am

Turtleburp wrote:Smoking hole in the carpet ahead of me (indoor range, prone) and a smack round the back of the head!


I had family living in Canada 35 years ago and someone apparently (before my time, second had story here) unloaded a rifle but left one in the pipe before putting it in the basement.

Sure enough, bang, 1 straight up through the floors, the kitchen, and out the roof.
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Post by eeckle » 09 Sep 2014, 9:00 am

Combat_Wombat wrote:Roo shooting in a hire car? Straya mate haha


Bet they'd love to learn that's what their cars are being used for :lol:
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Post by tucked » 10 Sep 2014, 7:14 pm

Was it Ali G where he got the rental car into a destruction derby and returned it afterwards? :lol:
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Post by Bennybigbores » 13 Sep 2014, 12:04 am

I fancy myself as a reasonable shot with rifle and hunting with a shotgun. But however clay pigeons seem to be elusive cunning creatures. Last time we had a shoot was using friends beretta, missed 6 from 6 with 12 rounds, got the shhiits went to car and got the 7 shot lever action chiappa 12g, more for joke than anything, but hey loaded it called pull and 7 shots and 4 seconds later........... Another stealthily pigeon escaped into the wilderness. Certain I scared it pretty bad though!!
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Post by Patrol66 » 14 Sep 2014, 12:38 pm

My mate would come close to holding the record . .40 cal pistol. Couldn't find any holes on the paper. After a series of one shot , looking up. No hole. One shot, looking left etc. finally found nice long skid marks half way down the range in the dirt. Now that's a flinch. We still call him " worm killer " lol
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Post by Timb0 » 14 Sep 2014, 7:01 pm

Shot a hole in my mates ute tray. We had a chrono on the tray ......... I don't know.

Bad idea, bad shooting, hung over.
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Post by Noisydad » 14 Sep 2014, 7:07 pm

New worst shot(s).... all of 'em today (71 shots) bar two.
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Post by flap » 15 Sep 2014, 9:43 am

Timb0 wrote:Shot a hole in my mates ute tray. We had a chrono on the tray ......... I don't know.


:lol:

Awesome effort.

I bet that went down well with your mate :D
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Post by bigfellascott » 15 Sep 2014, 9:58 am

Timb0 wrote:Shot a hole in my mates ute tray. We had a chrono on the tray ......... I don't know.

Bad idea, bad shooting, hung over.


Your off the shooting invite list! :lol:
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Post by Timb0 » 15 Sep 2014, 6:20 pm

bigfellascott wrote:
Timb0 wrote:Shot a hole in my mates ute tray. We had a chrono on the tray ......... I don't know.

Bad idea, bad shooting, hung over.


Your off the shooting invite list! :lol:


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Post by Oldbloke » 15 Sep 2014, 6:49 pm

mmmmmmmmmmm "Shot a hole in my mates ute tray." :shock: and I thought I was going to win the competition, looks like I'm second place now? At least Timb0 & I are honest. ;) not like the rest of you.
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Post by Granting » 15 Sep 2014, 7:47 pm

Timb0 wrote:At least you can count on me to bring the beer!


Will they have holes shot through them?
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Post by Seconds » 19 Sep 2014, 10:15 am

The next day the empties will ;)
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Post by Westy » 19 Sep 2014, 10:23 am

Have to say trying to shoot the boot lock outta a Gemini with a ruger 10/22 when I was 17 as we had locked the keys in the boot 100km's from nowhere!!! worked well except for the fact it continued threw the boot lid and into the fuel tank which is located upright behind the rear seat!!!!We went from one problem to another!!! :lol: :D :lol: Good thing we had some chewing gum handy and the tank was 1/2 full fumes only as the bullet strike was above the high tide line,still laugh to this day how "Dumb" someone can be when they were young!!!Isn't that right Tikka 223 :lol: :D :lol: I reckon Tikka 223 was probably a saint compared to some of us here!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Post by jennageit » 19 Sep 2014, 10:47 am

It's reading stories like yours Westy that make me wonder how we survived, but we did, and had a blast along the way.

Another worst, not from me though.
This is a third hand story, but I saw the end result in person.

One of dads mates was lined up a shot, using a railway track to steady his gun. His sight cleared the second rail, but the end of the barrel didn't. He pulled the trigger, and copped the ricochet when the shot hit the rail. It made a real mess of his face, and he lost his left eye, but it didn't kill him.

Four months later, he was back out shooting again, and would tell anyone who'd listen about his mistake.
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Post by effex » 19 Sep 2014, 4:01 pm

Westy wrote:Have to say trying to shoot the boot lock outta a Gemini with a ruger 10/22 when I was 17 as we had locked the keys in the boot 100km's from nowhere!!! worked well except for the fact it continued threw the boot lid and into the fuel tank


I've never done it but wondered about shooting pad lock off something like they do in movies.

In reality I guess it goes through the lock, through your shed and probably kills your mower :lol:
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Post by Westy » 19 Sep 2014, 4:03 pm

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Save the bullet use liquid Nitrogen does the trick much quitter!!!!!
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Post by Ade » 30 Sep 2014, 7:39 pm

[quote="jennageit"]It's reading stories like yours Westy that make me wonder how we survived, but we did, and had a blast along the way.

Another worst, not from me though.
This is a third hand story, but I saw the end result in person.

One of dads mates was lined up a shot, using a railway track to steady his gun. His sight cleared the second rail, but the end of the barrel didn't. He pulled the trigger, and copped the ricochet when the shot hit the rail. It made a real mess of his face, and he lost his left eye, but it didn't

A mate did a similar thing. Shooting over the bonnet of his new landrover. Sight cleared the bonnet, barrel didn't. Big gouge outa the new bonnet from a 22/250
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Post by Combat_Wombat » 30 Sep 2014, 8:05 pm

My cousin decided to take a mate out spotlighting. Turned out he had never been out before and decided to shoot a rabbit he spotted 20m away by leaning over the top of the ute. Wasn't paying too much attention to where the barrel was hahaha
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Post by oowess » 01 Oct 2014, 11:08 am

I'm pleading the 5th on this one, it's too bad :D
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Post by Korkt » 01 Oct 2014, 11:09 am

Combat_Wombat wrote:Wasn't paying too much attention to where the barrel was hahaha


Jooyses :shock:
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Post by JimmyS » 10 Aug 2017, 6:56 pm

Firing prone with a Steyr AUG at 100 meters at a human silhouette, and totally missing it, firing about 2 inches off to the left.

Needless to say, Corporal got quite grumpy with me, I think he referred to me as a "f***ing Spastic c***?"
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Post by southwest shooter » 11 Aug 2017, 5:36 pm

I've had more misses than I can remember !
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Post by Growler » 11 Aug 2017, 6:18 pm

Last years Royal Adelaide Show. Gallery shooting with a slug gun, got cocky and missed the fifth duck from what 2.5 maybe 3m away. Didn't win a prize that i told my little girl she'd get, and had to go and buy one !@#*
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Post by Heckler303 » 11 Aug 2017, 7:13 pm

I missed a wallaby at no more than 10M, with a 12 Gauge.

Needless to say he fell to the second barrel when he ran lol.
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Post by Thom318 » 11 Aug 2017, 8:10 pm

First time shooting from the back of a Ute, missed 3 shots on a Fox we were chasing. As the driver said, that was one f@#&?!g expensive fox. Luckily I redeemed myself slightly and got him with the 4th
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Post by Dunxy » 13 Aug 2017, 1:46 pm

Haven't had any whoopsies with a firearm(touch wood) but i do recall sending an arrow to god knows where with a 65lb compound bow i used to have, i used to angle it at about 45 degrees up to draw it and wasn't using my release aid, lost my grip on the string, while still at 45 degrees! Thankfully there was no reports of anybody getting struck by a random arrow so i think i got away with it. Have since sold the bow as i was useless with it and all it did was destroy arrows,only ever got one fox with it.

Have got a negligent discharge story from my mate though, he was out looking for something (i forget what he was chasing)and was wandering around with one up the spout of his Sako .223 with the safety on.Never saw anything and after getting back into hunting lodge and sitting down, flicked his safety of and blew a hole in the roof.He was not so disappointed when the lodge was taken out by a bushfire before the owner saw the result of his incident!
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Post by Daddybang » 13 Aug 2017, 2:38 pm

Aren't utes legitimate targets? Pic says it all. .at least it was my own ute. :drinks:

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