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Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. #2070771
03/27/17 04:18 AM
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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.



"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."

-- Archibald Rutledge
Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070781
03/27/17 04:27 AM
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Glad it had a happy ending. Nice bird and a story you will never forget.

Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070784
03/27/17 04:29 AM
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thumbup shew congrats!!


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Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070804
03/27/17 05:00 AM
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Man that is crazy. Definitely was his day to go. Congrats and glad you got your issue figured out

Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070810
03/27/17 05:05 AM
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You should have lottery tickets yesterday. You were a very lucky man!

Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: TEM] #2070837
03/27/17 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted By: TEM
You should have lottery tickets yesterday. You were a very lucky man!

Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070841
03/27/17 05:52 AM
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Wow, heck of a thing. Glad you sealed the deal despite the things that went wrong. Well done. thumbup


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Si vis pacem, para bellum.

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Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070861
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That's crazy, glad you got him



Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070869
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Dang BC l! You must be livin right. I don't have that much good luck on my best days! Congrats brother!


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Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: sj22] #2070871
03/27/17 06:19 AM
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Bowhunter84 had his gun dipped when I did and when I got back to camp we checked his and his ejector lugs were backwards too.


"Some men are mere hunters; others are turkey hunters."

-- Archibald Rutledge
Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070890
03/27/17 06:48 AM
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Wow, what a story! I had a misfire because of a leaking seal in one of my handloads and that turkey was gone instantly. Of course, the primer went off so that made a lot more noise than your gun. Congrats on him.


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Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070931
03/27/17 07:33 AM
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when they want to die it is hard to stop them. grin

I had a right bbl of my muzzloader misfire on a bird one rainy morning, pretty loud when the cap did go off, left bbl killed his butt though.

I had my 870 go click one morning,, idiotbehindthetrigger failed to chamber a shell. grin Held it on him and pumped the slide, killed him as he started to run.

glad ya got it done.


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Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BhamFred] #2070960
03/27/17 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted By: BhamFred
when they want to die it is hard to stop them. grin

I had a right bbl of my muzzloader misfire on a bird one rainy morning, pretty loud when the cap did go off, left bbl killed his butt though.

I had my 870 go click one morning,, idiotbehindthetrigger failed to chamber a shell. grin Held it on him and pumped the slide, killed him as he started to run.

glad ya got it done.
never done that turkey hunting but I have pulled up dozens of times on a flock of mallards or geese with a empty gun! slap

Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2070986
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Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2071008
03/27/17 08:45 AM
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Congrats BC!


Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Emerson
Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2071031
03/27/17 09:09 AM
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Past Ol’ man Finley’s plac...
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I really thought this story was going to end with you clubbing him to death with the butt of your gun grin

Still a good story though.



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Job 33:4
Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BhamFred] #2071035
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Originally Posted By: BhamFred
when they want to die it is hard to stop them. grin

I had a right bbl of my muzzloader misfire on a bird one rainy morning, pretty loud when the cap did go off, left bbl killed his butt though.

I had my 870 go click one morning,, idiotbehindthetrigger failed to chamber a shell. grin Held it on him and pumped the slide, killed him as he started to run.

glad ya got it done.
Did the same exact thing years ago...bought a Mossberg pump, first time I used it, "thought" there was a shell in the chamber, bird came in to about 15 yards before I knew what was happening, pulled the trigger, "click!", he ran in a very, very tight circle several times, it would have been hilarious if I hadn't been terrified of losing the bird. Eased a shell in, Bam!, then I was standing on his neck trying to deal with the adrenaline!!


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Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2071179
03/27/17 11:36 AM
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Glad you killed him.Turkey that dumb doesn't need to be running around in the woods.


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Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2071344
03/27/17 02:11 PM
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Common thing with this gun. When I bought mine last year used. The same thing had happened. Luckily I found it our before the bird came into play.

You know BC it crazy we didn't think to look after my spout with it last year just as soon as you got it back


Do you want to hear him gobble, or do you want to kill him.
Re: Almost had to break rule #2 yesterday. [Re: BC] #2071350
03/27/17 02:17 PM
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