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[Rufus T. Firefly]

....... bear-confetti. Is that harsh?

Maybe, but you get to clean up the mess.......

[Rufus T. Firefly]

I only carry a bible.
Palm 23:4
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

And you can shove the book into the bear's mouth causing it to choke to death, thereby proving the intrinsic value of the scriptures.

Bible is located on my cell phone. Bear would probably just swallow it.

And that's when the exploding batteries in those things will finally put them to use!

[MurphOnMillerAve]

And you can shove the book into the bear's mouth causing it to choke to death, thereby proving the intrinsic value of the scriptures.

Bible is located on my cell phone. Bear would probably just swallow it.

And that's when the exploding batteries in those things will finally put them to use!

But maybe before that, he could have the video turned on to take a U-tube-worthy peek inside. Just imagine!

[webenda]

If it has 458 Winchester Magnum stamped on it!

Don't even think about it, Murph, it will kick you like a mule.
Reference: https://youtu.be/uCzoobRcn3k

Actually, I was wishing more along the lines of one of those shoulder-held missile-shooting-type weapons we can see being used in Mosul against isis. A kick but an effective result. I theorize it would turn a menacing bear into bear-confetti. Is that harsh?
P.S. The guy in that video didn't seem too kicked by that gun's recoil.

He was. A lot of people lose their grip and drop the 458 Win Mag the first time they fire it. Maybe this video is funnier:=> https://youtu.be/nvJXWqqwIpc

[Mitch]

Recoil is not just in the eye of the beholder. That damn theory of relativity keeps gettin' in the way. If you launch a 500 grain bullet at 2800 fps out of a .460 Weatherby Magnum, I can assure you it is a shoulder thumper. If I recall, the .460 has 110 ft. lbs. of free recoil. Some folks become so scared of recoil from any weapon that they'll never be able to shoot accurately. With the rifle pulled tightly into the shoulder, left arm wrapped through the sling and up to the forearm, and finger on the trigger, you know what's comin'. You must concentrate on the sights as you begin puttin' pressure on the trigger. If you're doin' it right, you'll never know exactly when the gun is going to go off, but you'll know after the shot, especially if your nose is bleedin'.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Wayne and Mitch, You'd have to factor in the anchoring effect my ample waistline would provide were I to have that gun to fire.

Btw, I visited a farmer near Tully, NY, several autumns ago, because he had a yard sale. He had a shotgun for sale and offered to let me shoot it at his cornfield. As I was aiming, he told me to push it against my cheek, rather than have it fly there, upon firing, and hit me. I fired (and really enjoyed this first-time experience) and, as he predicted, it cut the tops off a whole line of tall, dry cornstalks. He said a different bullet would put a hole through a man the diameter of a garbage can lid. I found that fascinating.

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He said a different bullet would put a hole through a man the diameter of a garbage can lid.

He probably used the term, "shell," rather than, "bullet."

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[MurphOnMillerAve]

He said a different bullet would put a hole through a man the diameter of a garbage can lid.

He probably used the term, "shell," rather than, "bullet."

I think so. The first one was a kind of blue-colored tube filled with some small things (b-bz?) . The other looked like a brass-colored missile. Cool stuff.

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[Roy]

Do you need a surprise conviction, to end up in Surprise jail?

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He said a different bullet would put a hole through a man the diameter of a garbage can lid.

He probably used the term, "shell," rather than, "bullet."

I think so. The first one was a kind of blue-colored tube filled with some small things (b-bz?) . The other looked like a brass-colored missile. Cool stuff.

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Crazy Woman gets around!

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