Always think before you do something stupid.

[bmwrd0]

My old bird hunting companion has an offer to go deer hunting this season, something he has never done before. Good with a shotgun, he really doesn't know much about high powered rifles. So, after he bought himself a .30/06,
I took him to my club to scope it in. Well, he bought one of those laser sight things that you stick in the barrel, and after a few shots back and forth with it, managed to take a shot while I wasn't looking. Well...

Folks, please take the damn things out of the barrel before shooting!

Fortunately no one was hurt, and only one persons pride was damaged. I do, however, call him banana now.

[goodfellow]

That'll do it. Glad he's unhurt and able to talk about it.

[j.a.f.e.]

Your friend is very lucky. Bet it got his attention.

Years ago my friend got a black powder rifle kit he had me put together. Takes a muzzle loaded 50 cal lead ball and once together we just had to play with it. At the end of the day there was about 1/4 can of black powder left and since he had two small girls he didn't want it in his home. Having watched too many movies he took and made a small pile of it and a trail expecting to light the trail while it burned up to the pile and exploded. Black powder doesn't do that. He lights a match and says watch this Steve just like the Indians used to do it, bends over and of course it all went up at once instantly. All the hair on his right side was singed off - arm, head, most of his right eyebrow, his skin was all red. He looked like a cartoon character. Then we had to come up with a story to tell his wife.

[Muddy]

Glad you and he are ok. Does he still want to do hunting...

[1965 Comet Caliente]

Friend of mine, when we were teenagers, worked with this guy as a jack of all trades.  He was seventeen at the time and helping him clean out a mobile trailer when he found some black powder and got the bright idea to light it. Ended up burning his face pretty good.  Fortunately for him, he fully recovered pretty quickly.

I think back to some of the dumb things I did when I was younger but never anything like that!

[AbiggerGarage]

For a few days this has given me a laugh, the way you worded it.

I would have to ask WHY?

What you say would make it worse!  who would really be the idiot then, the one who did something not thinking, or the one who thought about it and THEN did it?

Should be Always think so you don't do something stupid.  Your just trying to get me to fall for your trap.

[wilbilt]

I worked with a guy at a tire shop back in the early 1980s.

When he was about 12 years old, his dad had lit up a charcoal BBQ and apparently the fire wasn't burning well. His dad told him to "get the fire going". He did what he had seen his dad do 100 times, and grabbed the can of lighter fluid and started squirting it on the fire.

The flame sucked back into the can and the can exploded. He was severely burned.

Later, in his early 20s when I knew him, he had nothing but scar tissue on the front of his body from his waistline to his chin. Most of his arms, also.

He was the only employee at the shop who was allowed to take his shirt off in hot weather, because he had lost much of his ability to sweat.

Stay safe, folks.

[wilbilt]

I learned what "rimfire" means at an early age. A friend had given me some .22LR cartridges.

Being young and stupid, I pulled the bullets out and dumped the powder on the garage floor. I lit it with a match, and it went "poof". Cool.

Then, for some reason, I decided to crush the cases in a vise. I was holding a case with my thumb and forefinger while crushing it in the vise. The primer ignited and burned my fingers. Scared the crap out of me. Lesson learned.

[Muddy]

I learned what "rimfire" means at an early age. A friend had given me some .22LR cartridges.

Being young and stupid, I pulled the bullets out and dumped the powder on the garage floor. I lit it with a match, and it went "poof". Cool.

Then, for some reason, I decided to crush the cases in a vise. I was holding a case with my thumb and forefinger while crushing it in the vise. The primer ignited and burned my fingers. Scared the crap out of me. Lesson learned.

My father still has the 30-06 cartridge I try removing the bullet.....with a hammer.... It's all mangled and I was extremely Lucy it never went off.