schreibwy
11-23-2008, 01:59 PM
I learned a couple of lessons the other day from my Marlin 1895 CP: 1. clean the magazine tube once in a while and 2. pay attention ******.
I went to the range to try bullets from my new RD mold (they shoot fine). The rifle was unloaded and opened as I took it up to the bench. When I laid it down I noticed that there was a shell in the carrier and wondered where that came from. I closed the gun, rested the but on my thing, and looked in the loading gate. Since I had been using LLA lube for the last couple of years I guess I gummed up my magazine tube because I could see the orange follower in the loading gate. Of course, this isn't a problem when hunting since the recoil will keep the cartridges moving on down the line. Good thinking, I thought, and then I brushed the trigger. They bullet shot straight up into the sky and the butt stomped down on my thigh. For a second I wondered if this thump could break a leg it hurt so bad. Lesson #3. never pack away a heating pad and forget where it's at.
I went to the range to try bullets from my new RD mold (they shoot fine). The rifle was unloaded and opened as I took it up to the bench. When I laid it down I noticed that there was a shell in the carrier and wondered where that came from. I closed the gun, rested the but on my thing, and looked in the loading gate. Since I had been using LLA lube for the last couple of years I guess I gummed up my magazine tube because I could see the orange follower in the loading gate. Of course, this isn't a problem when hunting since the recoil will keep the cartridges moving on down the line. Good thinking, I thought, and then I brushed the trigger. They bullet shot straight up into the sky and the butt stomped down on my thigh. For a second I wondered if this thump could break a leg it hurt so bad. Lesson #3. never pack away a heating pad and forget where it's at.