Just wanted to share another bumbling stumbling trip to the deer woods, as well as remind folks about safety. I caught a ride back from an unsuccessful hunt last night to camp from a friend on a 4 wheeler, and realized I had some mud on my stock, upper, lower, etc when I got there. I brushed it off as a "I'll clean it up when I get home" kind of thing. Well, this morning I go to load my Bushy, and the bolt doesn't go all the way forward, forward assist? nothing.
pull on the charging handle? nada.. I tried slamming the stock with a brick on the charging handle to no avail,
then I hit the barrel on a block of wood and the bolt finally closes.
It still won't pull back, so I do what anyone else who's hunting day was ruined would do.... I hid under a picnic table and pulled the trigger.
Well, it fired and ejected and I soon found that a clump of red GA clay from the 4 wheeler, had lodged itself between the bolt and the bullet. I was able to clean the gun including the barrel out with a twig and a half a napkin to where it was serviceable, and later take care of a midday deer. The moral to the story is close your dust cover, and inspect your gun before every hunt...and bring a backup rifle just in case.
. Still a good idea to use the dust cover and I will try to remember to do so. Another positive is that my scope was dead on after all the beating that it took.