MrShane?
If You Don't Mind Me Asking?
What Was The Issue With The CVA & Which Gun Was It?
Glad To Know You're Still Hunting & Best Of Luck!
Not at all, I spread the story as much as possible and also give spiels at Hunter Ed classes in hopes to keep others from making mistakes.
In ‘93 I was extra stupid and thought I knew more than the CVA engineers.
It was a .50 cal Mountain Rifle I was given on my 16th bday from my parents.
Well, on New Years Eve my Dad and I had a tradition of shooting our muzzies off at midnight with just a charge of BP and a few patches on top.
Didn’t hardly go boom but the shower of sparks and smoke was fun and not dangerous.
That Eve of ‘93 I could not find my BP.
I shoot a lot of trap so I poured some 700X shotshell powder down the tube of that CVA, with no bullet of course, just a little piece of tissue on top.
We always shot our muzzies at midnight surrounded by family and friends.
FORTUNATELY I decided to test mine in my backyard at 8:30 pm, a few hours before our family party started.
The blast opened up the top 6” of the barrel like a zipper, the next 6” of barrel right above where you hold a rifle with left hand became a pipe bomb of schrapnel shredding my hand in the process. I only had a single bone sticking out of my wrist like a white chicken bone.
I folded that bone back and wrapped my wrist with a towel to slow bleeding while waiting for ambulance.
Pieces of schrapnel tore up my gutter, soffit and facia, and a piece went through garage wall through garage and busted out sheetrock in front room.
My thumb was found next morning two doors down in neighbors front driveway.
Ring finger and ring was found in canal on ice in backyard about 80 yrds away.
I personally found my entire thumbnail in backyard flower bed while planting flowers following spring.
Pieces of barrel also tore through neighbors siding and I had to have that repaired.
Stock hit me in face so hard I thought cheek and ear were gone, knocked me in to a daze.
I should have died but here I am to shoot and hunt again.
Thank you EA, I am still tickin’!
I am trying to kill both sexes of Deer and Elk with each weapon type before I can’t hunt anymore.
I am missing:
1. Cow Elk with muzzy: Should complete this one next Mon or Tues next week on a late cow hunt I drew a tag for.
Unfortunately I am burying my Mom this Saturday but she was a Elk and Deer hunter and I pray she is helping guide me.
2. I have never shot at a buck with a high powered rifle: I have 21 points next draw and if lucky enough to pull a tag I should check off that one in next few years.
3. Bull with my bow: This one is getting tougher and tougher with age, not sure if I can complete.
No matter what I do I can’t get an arrow in to a Bull. A few years ago had a spike at 8 yrds and didn’t send one.
Big regret.
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