What one trigger compression turned you on/off of firearms?

2015-05-11T13:41:05-04:00

I bring this up because we need to chill out a bit. Just for fun, lets hear about the one round you sent down range that you wish you could take back or had a video camera handy to capture for posterity.

Time to rat myself out.

I went hunting with some friends many years ago, my first and last time doing so I might add. While sitting in a tree stand the animal we were hunting comes into the field and I have been told that since this is the first hunting trip I have ever been on I get the first shot.

I compress the trigger of the weapon I am holding and the recoil knocks my ass out of the tree completely missing the animal. After getting myself pulled back together I ask if I hit it. Response: "No but you sure scared the shit out of it when you hit the ground, I bet it hasn't stopped running yet."

I still like rifles, and have gotten better at hitting my target. But NO MORE hunting for me.

My best shot would have to be the throat shot at 500 meters on the KD range at Fort Leonard Wood, MO.

What about yours

Response by SGT Jeremiah B. made May 11 at 2015 1:43 PM

2015-05-11T13:43:04-04:00

So we were at tank gunnery doing a platoon live fire and this elk wandered into the range fan...I (and 2 other gunners in my platoon) plead the fifth. That is all.

Response by SA Harold Hansmann made May 11 at 2015 1:48 PM

2015-05-11T13:48:03-04:00

Shot with a Barnett quad 400 crossbow.
My one truly stupid moment, deer hunting, spot and stalk, gun gets stuck on some branches, without thinking I pull the shotgun by the barrel, shotgun discharges narrowly missing my stomach with a load of double aught buck. 16 yrs old at the time.

Response by SGT Richard H. made May 11 at 2015 1:54 PM

2015-05-11T13:54:12-04:00

When I was about 12, I was in the woods with my dad one day. When the work day was done a friend of his brought out a rifle and they were taking a few shots. I don't recall the specific caliber, but it was a Weatherby rifle and the box of shells had pictures of elephants and rhinoceros on it. Like a typical kid I was jumping around begging for my turn, when they finally let me shoot, I saw stars as it put a semicircular cut above my eye, and a big bump on the back of my head as it hit the ground. I was done for the day.

Response by PO2 Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 1:56 PM

2015-05-11T13:56:02-04:00

First live weapon I ever fired was the 240 about halfway through my enlistment. Been hooked ever since. My first year hunting I managed to bag 2 does at about 100m each with a 30 year old 30-06. Both dropped where they stood so I guess I have gotten better since my first shot.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made May 11 at 2015 2:15 PM

2015-05-11T14:15:18-04:00

I was at tank gunnery when I decided stand hatch up. The tank fired and I can feel this huge and fast wave that blew me back. The was the end of my experiment.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made May 11 at 2015 2:20 PM

2015-05-11T14:20:28-04:00

I wont own weapons because of my bad memory. I don't trust myself now.

Response by SSG Rob Cline made May 11 at 2015 3:29 PM

2015-05-11T15:29:02-04:00

When I got to my first duty station there was a .45 combat pistol qual the following day. That was the first time I had ever fire the M1911 and I still remember the massive brass cartridge flying out of the ejection port after I fired. It was like slow motion, and my goofy 19 y/o butt watched it fall all the way to the ground :)

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 11 at 2015 9:47 PM

2015-05-11T21:47:23-04:00

I came back from a deployment and was up in Ohio visiting the family. I was out at my father-in-law barn sighting in my tompson center black powder 50 cal. Carbine and forgot how much powder the measurement tube held...needless to say i loaded it with about 200 grain of powder and the heavy lead slug in the barrel. Sitting down at the table with the gun rest cocked it back and let it rip! Booooom the gun goes off my shoulder felt like it got kicked by a mule my father-in-law asked me how much powder i put in and i showed him he started laughing and said i was lucky the gun didn't blow up. I still use it today just now i used the pellets better safe than sorry.

Response by SGT Richard H. made May 12 at 2015 8:00 AM

2015-05-12T08:00:55-04:00

Another one: I was on the range one day with a friend & we were both shooting ARs. After the ARs, pistols came out. I plinked off a couple of mags of 9mm and he was shooting a 1911, which I was admiring...it was really nice. He passed me the 1911, and I loaded, aimed, and shot....all 7 rounds, at the rate of a full auto burst. He didn't think to tell me that the thing had about a 2oz trigger pull so after the first 1, the other 6 pretty much fired themselves. Good thing I have a solid grip, or things could have gotten ugly. As it was, the Range safety officer walked over and said WTF? I let him know the deal and he just nodded and said "well now you know" and walked away.

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made May 12 at 2015 8:11 AM

2015-05-12T08:11:25-04:00

I am 38 years old and very healthy. I am lucky compared to my peers around the same age. When ever I fire the grenade launcher from the M4, I feel like I am 20 years older after doing it about 30 times.