a couple dumb air rifle things I've done

[KevinJBrown]

My favorite is to turn the turret the wrong way, and then after realizing my mistake to compound the mistake by correcting in the wrong direction and then missing far enough not to be able to see the shot hit in the scope. People watching me shoot have loved that mistake, especially if they watched me do it, and then watch the shot fly.   

[avator]

Ok, I'll bare my sole....
During certain times of the year I have allergy issues and turn to nasal sprays for some relief.
I swear by MAC1's Secret Sauce and buy it in the large shampoo bottles. If you take the tube out of the nasal spray bottles they are great for dispensing single drops where needed.

Anyone see where this is going yet?

Yep, you guessed it.... nasal spray does not make good airgun lube !

What? oh, you thought I sprayed SS up my nose? What? You think I'm stupid?   

[oldpro]

 I’ve told this story a few times here but it’s always good for a laugh(now). I had a Hatsan air tube and valve assembly and needed to degas it but didn’t have the factory cap that dies the job so I held the tube in my hands and popped the valve stem on the ground gently to blow off some pressure. During this exorcise I dropped the tube out of my hands it fell to the ground and then hit the valve stem with excessive force causing the whole tube to shoot strait up into the fun bag lifting me off my feet. I lay on the ground in pain and my nephew came in to see what all the racket was about and he sees me on the ground in the fetal position he asks if I’m ok. I waved him away and slowly returned to the living

[BillK]

Of course I've never made a mistake...  ... but you're not the first to fess up on the forums.

I'm assuming you did your due diligence before posting a new thread by searching first to see if there are any existing ones like you intended to offer.... and found nothing. That's because the default GTA search is, in a word, lousy.

Instead, search for what you want to know using another method that does work well... like this one:

Go to Google, type site:gatewaytoairguns.org in the address bar, insert a space, then type your question.

Here is an example:

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&ei=nf1hX6_8HJCgtQWE05SgAw&q=site%3Agatewaytoairguns.org+dumb+things+i%27ve+done+with+an+airgun&oq=site%3Agatewaytoairguns.org+dumb+things+i%27ve+done+with+an+airgun&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQA1D0Q1jrpAFgtKkBaABwAXgAgAG8AogBqhuSAQgzMi4yLjEuMZgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXrAAQE&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwjvvvDAz-3rAhUQUK0KHYQpBTQQ4dUDCAw&uact=5

Thank you, Ken Jennings.

[JohnnyPDX]

Those instances are all funny except for OldPro. That launched tube really hurt, glad you made it!

[Fate]

Those instances are all funny except for OldPro. That launched tube really hurt, glad you made it!

oldpro's post is justification enough for your thread, Johnny. It's a good reminder not to do that... I'm not sure I wouldn't have tried a similar thing before reading this.

In clarification, no disrespect was meant by my first post... I was remiss in not adding the last line which I forgot, that there's a lot of additional posts worth reading in the link I made. Admitted to or not, I doubt any of us are free of mistakes and lapses in judgement.

Yesterday, for example, I made three in a row, a trifecta of ignorance... none funny. How I've survived myself this long is a mystery.

[JohnnyPDX]

How I've survived myself this long is a mystery.

That's my situation as well. It's a miracle for me.

Words in new threads don't cost much so I don't care about starting a new one, it's done all of the time. Images in threads are not cheap so I don't bombard GTA with images.

[gamo2hammerli]

I warped a few rims of casings while reloading, so I pulled the bullet and kept the gunpowder.  What to do with the damaged casings...hmm, squeeze one in a vise and hammer the primer to see what happens?  Nah, might be dangerous...so I shot at the primer (Casing hung on a nail) with an air rifle.  Took a few shots but finally hit it...the primer exploded and flew back and hit the wrist of the hand holding the front stock.  That primer flew back a good 10 yards!!!  The rest of the shells I hung at an angle and shot at the primers...and put 2 cardboards in front to catch said primers. Still got a star mark on the wrist after over 8 years ha ha....lucky I decided not to smack the primer with a hammer.

[JungleShooter]

Had a pigeon land not three yards away from me at a permission.
It landed on a wooden window shutter.
I assumed I needed to aim high, but totally underestimated HOW MUCH higher — buck fever... 🙄


Well, shooting upwards I got both — the pigeon and the window shutter.

(Can I count that as a double kill? 🤔) 

Matthias