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How NOT to clear an obstruction!!!

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:05 pm
by ABert
This fella came into the store today to replace the barrel on his Remington 11-87. Not such an odd occurance, right?

Well, once we saw the barrel we understood WHY he wanted to replace it, aside from the fact that it didn't have screw in chokes. Seems he somehow poked the barrel into some mud and got just a tad bit of mud into the bore.

I'm going to assume he tried to clean it out with his finger or a stick or by some other method. When he got as much of the gunk out of the barrel as he could he did what most folks would never do. Rather than remove the barrel to get the rest out he decided to remove the rest by shooting the shotgun (in a safe direction, I'm sure) and took special measure to hold it out away from his body and turn his head away.

Here are the results (sorry for the crappy cell phone pics):

Re: How NOT to clear an obstruction!!!

Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 9:11 pm
by derekp1999
Yikes, impressive.

Re: How NOT to clear an obstruction!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:18 am
by a_bow_nut
You know what they say.

There is one born every minute.

Re: How NOT to clear an obstruction!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 8:26 am
by TahoeRy
I dont know, looks to me like a big rabbit put its finger in the barrel and thats how it happened. I bet his face turned black from the blast as well. You gotta watch out for those rabbits out there guys!

Re: How NOT to clear an obstruction!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:58 am
by MuleyMadness
Not good, glad he didn't get hurt.

Re: How NOT to clear an obstruction!!!

Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 2:56 pm
by Mularcher
Very Scary, Bet that got his attention ](*,)

Re: How NOT to clear an obstruction!!!

Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:45 pm
by Tonoonyi
Not sure he should be replacing the barrel, he may want to think about another hobby.