[AT] O.T.--shootin' skunks (357 vrs 38)

charlie hill chill8 at cox.net
Fri Aug 25 14:01:11 PDT 2006


I went to work one morning about 15 years or so ago.  When I got there the 
boss and a cop were in the conference room.  There was a hole in the roof, a 
hole in the ceiling tile, a dark streak on the wall and a 45 bullet laying 
on the carpet.  All of that done by a round comming almost straight down.

Charlie
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Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: RE: [AT] O.T.--shootin' skunks (357 vrs 38)


> Shooting up in the air is more risk that I am willing to take. I would
> hate to injure someone or destroy someone's property.
>
> I have shot coons in a tree with a rifle. Only when I could use the
> trunk of the tree as a backstop. Shooting a high power rifle without
> knowing your backstop is a recipe for disaster.
>
> Evey if you are in the boonies there are cattle etc to worry about.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Weaver <Rick_Weaver at hilton.com>
> Date: Friday, August 25, 2006 9:16 am
> Subject: RE: [AT] O.T.--shootin' skunks (357 vrs 38)
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
>> I guess if you're in the boonies you can shoot indiscriminately and
>> notworry about where the bullet will land.
>>
>> Mythbusters had a show a few weeks ago on whether a bullet fired up
>> would come back down fatally.
>>
>> The answer is, if you fire it straight up to where the bullet
>> begins to
>> tumble on the way down, it would smart a lot but not be fatal.
>>
>> HOWEVER, if the bullet is fired enough horizontally to where it
>> maintains a ballistic trajectory, it will still be potentially fatal
>> when it hits.  In this case the bullet never loses enough velocity to
>> begin tumbling.
>>
>> So, it isn't wise to shoot a rifle or handgun into the air with a
>> rifledbullet, unless you're shooting straight upward (a hard feat
>> to get that
>> right anyway).
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Greg
>> Whittaker
>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 12:00 AM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] O.T.--shootin' skunks (357 vrs 38)
>>
>> I guess no one hunts raccoons in the NW?  They are typically treed
>> withdogs
>> and shot from the tree with a rifle.  Shotguns play hell with a pelt.
>> Bears
>> are killed the same way but with bigger rifles.
>>
>> Greg W.
>> Wolverine Mi.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: <DAVIESW739 at aol.com>
>> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 12:43 AM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] O.T.--shootin' skunks (357 vrs 38)
>>
>>
>> >
>> > In a message dated 8/24/2006 12:16:14 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>> > gwhittak at fbconnectu.net writes:
>> >
>> > Mini-14 Ranch in .223 Rem with FMJs for coons.  Soft points make
>> toomuch
>> > mess.
>> >
>> >
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>> > Really you shoot a .223 up in the air at night with no way of
>> telling
>> > where
>> > the bullet will come down.  Boy I'm glad I don't live near you.
>> >
>> > Walt
>> >
>> > PS I bet if you found a bullet in your window you would be screaming
>> like
>> > hell at the Idiot who shot the gun.
>> >
>> >
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>> >  <DIV>Really you shoot a .223 up in the air at night with no way
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>> >  <DIV>Walt </DIV>
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>> >  <DIV>PS I bet if you found a bullet in your window you would be
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