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I got this in an email from a close friend. I know that it just happened recently but not the exact date. Our primitive weapon season just ended, so 3 weeks ago tops. You can hunt with single shot 45-70s as long as they are of a design made in the late 1800s.
Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most. - Mark Twain.
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That's gonna leave a mark! 
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This sorta proves the contention that sometimes you can tell from behind when someone's an idiot.
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Hello Darlin'! I bet that got his attention.
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damn right its gonna leave a mark, hope its a smart mark.
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A hot chamber when it shoulda been cold.....
Lucky sumbitch, but stupid gets absolutely no sympathy from me............... I'm more in your court on this one..
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LET'S GO BRANDON!!!
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Proof positive that shot placement is everything!
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If he was truly "lucky" the bullet would have missed him.
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He didn't make THAT luck!
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He's just lucky it wasn't a "quarter-bore" and TSX.
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Proof positive that shot placement is everything! Yep, you don't always get a bang flop from hitting them right behind the shoulder.
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I bet he don't do that again
A Doe walks out of the woods today and says, that is the last time I'm going to do that for Two Bucks.
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I bet there is a lot of Indians that can comiserate posthumously.
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I got this in an email from a close friend. I know that it just happened recently but not the exact date. Our primitive weapon season just ended, so 3 weeks ago tops. You can hunt with single shot 45-70s as long as they are of a design made in the late 1800s. Ah ha! a single shot .45/70 ....just as I thought...sneaky little buggers...just as well I sold my S/S .45/70 a few months ago....my Siamese Mauser .45/70 would never have the bad manners to fall over and shoot me ! ...but then again I rarely lean rifles against things (safes excepted) and wouldn't leave a 'cracker' in the chamber in it anyway.. ....doesn't some Murphy's Law apply here....something like... 'Law No. 34XX' 'If an object can...it will fall over and create as much damage as possible on the way down.....'
Sunny Australia ....but currently stuck in Spain..
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It wasn't just loaded when it should not have been, it was evidently cocked and or had the safety off. I'm glad he is going to be ok, and hope that such a graphic image serves to remind us all to examine our own firearm handling practices. After all, the life you save might be mine.
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The only thing I can say is WOW, and OUCH, and WOW. for god sake leave the actions open, and empty!!!!! no exceptions!!!!
It is what it is/ Goooo Gators
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Well we're Green and we're Gold, and we play better when it's cold. All us Cheese heads have our favorite superstar. We love Brett Favre.
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If that guy had 9 lives he just spent'em all.
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Just proves that if it aint a magnum it isn't enough to hunt with.
Plus look at that rainbow trajectory.
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powder burns all the way through,i hope the memory burns into his head good and deep. 
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