Basic Weapons Handling Guidelines

Many of my buddies love fire arms and their collections would make many left-wing, anti-NRA, granola eating, tree hugging, burned-out hippie cringe in mortal terror.  Below is from an email forwarded to me showing what NOT to do when matching your new expensive scope to your costly deer rifle at a range.

The guideline for you folks who don’t get to “throw lead down range”.  Never leave anything in the barrel when pulling the trigger.

The marksman in question must have just purchased his rifle and inserted the device (above) to align his scope and bore. The bore sight costs approximately $140.00

Friends tell me that the bore sight doesn’t necessarily have to be screwed in or tightened down in the end of the barrel. The rifle cost approximately $1,200.00

Notice how the barrel split all the way down to the hand grip from the force of the blow back. The new scope he was trying to align costs approximately $550.00

Kind of difficult to get the rifle in the case now, huh?  Cost of his brand new bag, probably $50.00.

Cost of hospital bill?  Somewhere in the neighborhood of $5,000.00.  I feel bad for the guy, really.  Rough day, huh?

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