Never get comfortable
Chad emailed in these photos from a recent hunting trip …
I went pig hunting this morning (didn’t see any) but found some bones from a large mammal, cow or horse. I was carrying my Taurus model 66 with a 6 inch barrel loaded with CCI Blazer 158 grain jacketed hollow points.
I backed off about 10 feet and shot the bone. The attached pictures are the results. Entrance and exit wound.
Shooting is my hobby and as we all do I get comfortable. This is a reminder that these things are not toys.
Never get comfortable.
My fifth blog post on The Firearm Blog (back in 2007!) was on this very topic. It seems like a lifetime ago.
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Please tell me that this was not an FBI, or Treasury load for a .38. Tell me it is a FMJ so I don't have to cry about all those 4" .38s I no longer own. Hell, the Mod.19s I have let go, GP100s, ARRRRGH, arrrrgh, snort, argh. Shit. Just tell me, if you know, what type of ammunition was shot through that LEG BONE FROM A COW. Hard cast flat point? Inquiring minds, and all that.
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Jerry
living and dead bone are not the same thing bye any standard and first of all shooting pig wasnt a sufficiant reminder of the not a toy deal for ya