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bushmeister wrote:A new first. I was hunting with my 450 in some thick GA pines, overlooking an intersection of 3 deer trails, when something happened that has never happened with my 30 cal or 7 rem mag.... A yellow jacket that had been pestering me for about 6 minutes, decided to land on my izzy and proceeded to crawl down into my bore Of course you know the deer would present himself seconds later. So I weighed my options and decided that yellow jacket guts might be an obstruction rather than a lubricant, and began to shake the 16" barrel ever so slightly to encourage the little pestulence to fly for the light so I could make my shot. It was not to be as the buck also saw my barrel wiggling, and decided to run for the light before the yellow jacket did. A good friend summed it up best when he asked "if it were a true trophy, would it still have been an obstruction, or a lubricant?" I had to admit, I would have considered it a lubricant and taken my chances. I realized I was making excuses for not killing a legal, but non-trophy deer. Here's a cell phone pic from my treestand right after the ordeal. You can see why the 450 is such a good choice here.
2zero6 wrote:Would the shoot through muzzle caps work or would the alter the flight path on the .450? Maybe some of those little finger cots that look like tiny condoms? I actually never thought of covering the muzzle even in this rainy state. The military does so it maybe better to err on the side of caution than not? I hate to hear all my hunting buddies cracking all sorts of nasty comments at my expense after seeing the finger condom on the end of my barrel....which is the lesser of 2 evils?
BayouBob wrote:Finger cots are little bitty condoms that a proctologist uses. You can buy them at a drug store.
bushmeister wrote:2zero6 wrote:Would the shoot through muzzle caps work or would the alter the flight path on the .450? Maybe some of those little finger cots that look like tiny condoms? I actually never thought of covering the muzzle even in this rainy state. The military does so it maybe better to err on the side of caution than not? I hate to hear all my hunting buddies cracking all sorts of nasty comments at my expense after seeing the finger condom on the end of my barrel....which is the lesser of 2 evils?
Great point, although I was being tongue in cheek for the most part, it really would make sense to have a game plan for a rain event. Are you referring to a finger from a latex glove when you mention a finger cot?
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