I too took the hide off my knuckles with the open lever of my Red Rider. But on the other hand my idea that the opened lever of my Daisy pump would make a perfect half-bipod for prone shooting was even nastier. At one time there were feral cats living in our hay loft who dug their crapping holes in the loose hay. The dried cat turds shot pretty well in a daisy pump with the barrel/magazine taken out and we kids had some outstanding turd wars. That should have given me the idea to invent paint ball guns but, sadly, I missed the clue.