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[purplecontagion]

Well, Phoebe (my cat) knows something really wrong.  She won't leave my side.  An ominous sign, I think.  Maybe it's just my stress about my surgery tomorrow.  This shit SUX.

One of my Oncologists says I'm NOT getting worse...which means I'm not getting better, either.  But perhaps after this surgery, and the one on Friday- two in one week!  yay!

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[mothwingdust]

Damn, a girl that knows her guns too! Makes me wish I still had my 1911, my Yugo M48, my Mosin, my 10/22, my AK-47 and my Swiss K31 (my K31 was one of the coolest rifles I ever had, I just wish ammo wasn't so expensive and hard to come by! I still have a couple boxes though.)

The DE's make stout cartridges feel pretty tame, but I was at the range once, and there was a guy with a Colt Anaconda, in.44 Mag. He'd loaded it with some of his hot handloads, and after one shot, handed it back to him (the guy said, "Hey, you can shoot the entire cylinder," to which I replied, "No, thanks! I value my wrist and one was enough!") I can handle pretty stiff cartridges, but that thing just wasn't fun to shoot. The time I got to shoot a Barrett .50 cal was really cool though, but they've got a muzzle brake the size of a pumpkin on the end of the barrel (and I had to give the owner $5 to pay for the cost of one cartridge. It was totally worth it though!)

I actually played a really dirty trick on my brother once: The first time I ever took him shooting, I took my Winchester 12g because he wanted to shoot it. I loaded up two regular 2 3/4" shells of birdshot, and then loaded a 3" magnum slug behind them. He didn't know I put one in there...until the third shot, when that thing kicked him in the shoulder and left this nasty bruise on his collar bone, and nearly broke a tooth when it slapped his face. Had I known he was holding it all wrong, it probably wouldn't have been quite as funny as it was...

Actually, I'm lying: it still would've been hilarious!

[purplecontagion]

BWAHAHAHAHA! I'm only 5'3" and whenever I shoot a 12 gauge or any shotgun, I end up with raspberries all down my shoulder muscle in the front. It's because my arms are barely long enough to hold the shotgun properly, keep some semblance of a proper stance- or at least start out that way- and keep cocking the cartridges into the firing chamber. If I load my 12 gauge- 7 shells, cock it, and load one more, I have 8 shots, and I have 4 plastic hand-throwers for clay-pigeons, so when I used to go shooting with my ex and his brother, they'd bring their throwers as well, and we'd end up with 8 throwers, and 2 ppl to throw. We'd take turns, but try to get all 8 clay pigeons up in the air as fast as possible, which was always to my disadvantage- two Army Sappers (Spec. Forces, Demo/Explosives experts) throwing the pigeons for me, and I barely had time to cock, shoot, cock, shoot, repeat 6 times. Because I have to fully extend my arm to cock, and didn't ever really have time to adjust my stance, I'd end up with all of my weight on my back foot, and the shotgun will have traveled 2-3" out- away from the nook between the muscle and the collar-bone- from where it started; where it's supposed to be... I have video of it. it took me 3 years to figure out why I only ended up with the raspberry-bruises when shooting skeet, and not just target shooting... It took me seeing myself. I also have photos of myself flexing my bicep and showing off the raspberries on my shoulder muscle- very proud of them!

hehehehe, but the story of your brother! that's classic!

on holding shotguns...

[sagesephiroth]

Funny you should mention the proper holding of a shotgun... one of my best friends' mothers fires from her hip... accurately! Think you and her should hook up over guns sometime ^_~

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[purplecontagion]

I've only ever shot a shotgun when shooting clay pigeons in the air, but I'm gonna take my 12 gauge out and try shootin' from the hip... just one question... do you hold it like a hand-gun? or do you rest it on your hip as you would on your shoulder? LOL hehehehhehe I'm a 'tard sometimes, but I don't wanna break my wrist or arm or something, and when it comes to guns, and not much else, I'm 10000% about safety and doing things the correct way.... hehehe

Re: on holding shotguns...

[sagesephiroth]

Ya know, I forgot that little detail... and now that I think about it, it seems dangerous both ways (especially if you have or had hip problems at some point), so I will ask her since I'll be seeing her later today. Been a while since I've gone shooting, and one of many reasons I want to move out west is that you have more land to play with than here in the wang of america :P