01-07-2008, 01:38 AM
Dam Sam! that is one of my worst nightmares when out in the woods, I remember my youth days taking my hunters safty corse, "I was not required to because I was born be for 1960" I too the corse because some one put up the 2 bucks to pay for me to go though it...
any way my instructor was a one armed one eyed bandit... and he had a shot gun that had breached all the way down the side of the baroll from an inch near end all the way back to the receiver. In the middle was a two inch breach. wich took out his left arm and eye.. and Yup, it was a plug of snow and ice that had capped off the end of his barrol that wat dun him in...
finaticaly I find my self constantly looking at the barrol to see if there is any blockage, especialy when I am walking thought the thickets, even a twig haning on the end is enough to do damage...
It is leagle at any lenth, but there is an exception, if the barrol is below 24 inch you need a hand gun permit. "I will double check the lenth to be sure" It might be 18 inch it has been a while, but if it has a pistol grip you will have to have a hand gun permit at any lenth...
I can understand why you might want to leave that part out, its embarising, but it can happen to any one who is not vidgulent in checking for blockages...
Glad to hear your ok, not many people live to tell about it when it hapens....
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any way my instructor was a one armed one eyed bandit... and he had a shot gun that had breached all the way down the side of the baroll from an inch near end all the way back to the receiver. In the middle was a two inch breach. wich took out his left arm and eye.. and Yup, it was a plug of snow and ice that had capped off the end of his barrol that wat dun him in...
finaticaly I find my self constantly looking at the barrol to see if there is any blockage, especialy when I am walking thought the thickets, even a twig haning on the end is enough to do damage...
It is leagle at any lenth, but there is an exception, if the barrol is below 24 inch you need a hand gun permit. "I will double check the lenth to be sure" It might be 18 inch it has been a while, but if it has a pistol grip you will have to have a hand gun permit at any lenth...
I can understand why you might want to leave that part out, its embarising, but it can happen to any one who is not vidgulent in checking for blockages...
Glad to hear your ok, not many people live to tell about it when it hapens....
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