Posted By: BC
Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. - 03/27/17 09:18 AM
Well, I gave one a dirt nap yesterday morning but not without some drama. I got on a gobbling bird on my second spot of the morning. He was about 200 yards from me so I cut the distance in half and set up on him. Sweet talked him a little bit and he came right to me. After some drumming and posturing just out of sight he decided to come on to me. At 30 yards I have him in the wide open and decide I've watched him long enough. I slide the bead to his wattles and squeeze the trigger. Pop! The gun doesn't go off. I keep the bead on his head and squeeze the trigger again on the second barrel. Pop! Nothing. With the turkey still in the wide open and looking at me, I break the barrels down and pull the shells out. Slowly reach in my vest and pull out two more shells. Close the barrels and level them on him again. Pop! Pop!. Both barrels misfired again. He drops down from his looking and to my amazement he gobbled and goes into strut. I break the barrels down again and close them. Put it on his head and Pop! Pop! Dangit!!!!!! I pulled the shell out and look up and he's coming straight towards me. I broke the barrel down and crammed a shell in the bottom barrel and broke it down as hard as I could. I pushed the ejectors with my thumb and closed the barrel. Pulled the safety back and set the barrel selector to the bottom barrel and he popped up out of a draw about 17 yards from me. I knew this was it.... I had poor cover in the wide open pines and I was exposed. I whispered to myself "Please fire" and I settle the bead on his head. Boom! He folded up and started flopping. I don't know how I got away with all that but I guess it was just his day to go.
I like to think my calling had him so in love that he just overlooked me fumbling around with my shotgun for like 5 minutes.
Turns out when I had it dipped and it was reassembled the ejector lugs were installed backwards (left side on right side and vice versa) which wouldn't allow it to function. Since the firing pins are reset with the ejector function, my firing pins were not resetting properly. At first I was aggravated about it but then I realized what a simple mistake it was to make. Those ejecter lugs should have been engineered so that wasnt possible to do. It was a miracle that it even went off at all and an even bigger miracle that turkey hung around long enough for me to get it to fire. What's weird is that this was the fourth bird I had shot with it this year and it's the only time it's failed.
I like to think my calling had him so in love that he just overlooked me fumbling around with my shotgun for like 5 minutes.
Turns out when I had it dipped and it was reassembled the ejector lugs were installed backwards (left side on right side and vice versa) which wouldn't allow it to function. Since the firing pins are reset with the ejector function, my firing pins were not resetting properly. At first I was aggravated about it but then I realized what a simple mistake it was to make. Those ejecter lugs should have been engineered so that wasnt possible to do. It was a miracle that it even went off at all and an even bigger miracle that turkey hung around long enough for me to get it to fire. What's weird is that this was the fourth bird I had shot with it this year and it's the only time it's failed.
shew congrats!!
