Okay, I'm gonna confess

[tuckerdog1]

This happened several months ago. But what the hell, I can laugh at myself. Have a model 83 in 454 7 1/2 inch, iron sites. Also have a 353 with a pretty nice scope. With the 353 & the scope, I'm dead on. With the 454 & the open sites, I'm just terrible. 53 years old & the eyes are shot.
So I'm at the range, and determined I'm gonna put together a good group with the 454. I'm seated & the gun is on a rest. I'm concentrating REAL hard. Steady, exhale, smooth trigger pull. BOOM & YEEEOWWW.
Was concentrating so hard on the shot placement, I neglected to control recoil. Gun came back, hammer spur nailed me in the middle of the forehead, and broke my favorite shooting glasses. There were other shooters on the line, so I felt like a 1st class boob. Little trickle of blood runninng between my eyes. Had a perfect outline of the hammer on my forehead for almost a week. And I know better.

Anybody else care to come clean?

Tuckerdog1

[dubber123]

3 years ago, I went on a boar hunt.  At this place you have to qualify if you shoot a hangun or bow. (good idea).  The qualification wasn't hard 3 shots in a row in 8" at 25 yds.  I was shooting my 4 3/4" F/A in .475.  Load was a 425 at 1350.  I hate shooting in front of a crowds, so of course the whole place turned out to watch me shoot.  First round nicked the little 1" dot in the center of the target, WHEW! major relief.  Second shot much more relaxed.  Apparently too relaxed, it came straight back, smacked me across the face and bent the hell out of my glasses.  My real, everyday glasses, (only pair).  I had to stop, bend them back into shape on a tree, and fire my last round.  All of a sudden all the guys that had wanted to shoot it the night before disappeared.

[Dusty Miller]

I ain't confess'n NUTT'N!! :grin:

[Hawkman]

Never with a handgun, but a rushed shot at a running mule deer with a 7mm mag can give you a nice scope arc on your forehead, and lots of blood, too. Or so I hear...