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Well this weekend was literally a blast !
My Brothers wife , dad's cousin ( no joke lol ) has a hefty spot of cattle acreage in the coastal foothills about 3 hours drive from here , a few times a year they throw a party of sorts that is male bonding heaven - guns , beer , BBQ , game and targets aplenty , the only thing missing is a few 19 year old strippers lol.
After going to bed early on Friday night at 10 pm (something unheard of for me) we were awoken at 4 am(something unheard of for me) to go "pig hunting" , wild boar that is , so after dressing we hopped in the pickups with our weapons of choice and ranch dogs and headed out , just the drive was exciting , rolling hills , overcast and very cool temps made for a eye opening AM. We split up then drove around till about 6 am but to everyones disappointment , no hogs or coyotes to kill... No big deal though , we headed over to their improvised cabin for some breakfast/early lunch and RnR (beer) , after much conversation and baudy laughter we started some target practice at various metalwood targets around the cabin , set at different ranges etc.. That was great fun , we had everything from 22's to 7 mm mag, 9mm to 45. A hour or so of that then they broke out wild hog sausage , beef ribs , tortillas and salsa.. Oh man.. If you love sausage you gotta try wild boar , it was insanely good.
Well a bit after that I got my Saiga AK and my Win 30/30 and not to brag and to my suprise seeing as how I was pretty rusty , I did as good as they did with no scope and freehand while most of them used a 'rest' to shoot from , anyway after 100 or so rounds thru my AK , the next round decides to blow up ! 
The top of the rifle exploded with a loud bang!
I stood there wondering if I was still alive (I could hear everyone in the background saying choice words like "Oh crap" <-- insert exlpletive hehe).
My AK was toast , several parts were laying on the ground around me , as well as the shell casing culprit that was ripped in the middle , dont know if it was a really hot load or what..Anyway I still had both eyes , hands , and my head intact so I have that to be thankful for lol.
Next came the squirrel roundup , we hopped in the back of a flatbed and used 12 guage's on approx 30 or so of the hundreds of thousands of squirrels that live in the area , pretty good fun and a boon to the host since those buggers dig holes that can break the legs of his cattle (his livelihood), we also got a few cottontails and a wayward rattler.
Certainly anyone from PETA would have had a tremendous cow ! lol no pun intended.. .
After that we shot a few more targets then headed on back to the ranch house for bbq'd burgers , we were supposed to crash for a few hours then go try to get a pig again around 2am , but my Brother got sick from the heat so we called it a day.
Now I have a few guns to clean and one gun to scrap and one heckofa weekend story I wanted to share with you folks.
Enjoy your week , Todd.
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This seemed like the correct section to post , if not my apolgogy in advance Mods.
My Brothers wife , dad's cousin ( no joke lol ) has a hefty spot of cattle acreage in the coastal foothills about 3 hours drive from here , a few times a year they throw a party of sorts that is male bonding heaven - guns , beer , BBQ , game and targets aplenty , the only thing missing is a few 19 year old strippers lol.
After going to bed early on Friday night at 10 pm (something unheard of for me) we were awoken at 4 am(something unheard of for me) to go "pig hunting" , wild boar that is , so after dressing we hopped in the pickups with our weapons of choice and ranch dogs and headed out , just the drive was exciting , rolling hills , overcast and very cool temps made for a eye opening AM. We split up then drove around till about 6 am but to everyones disappointment , no hogs or coyotes to kill... No big deal though , we headed over to their improvised cabin for some breakfast/early lunch and RnR (beer) , after much conversation and baudy laughter we started some target practice at various metalwood targets around the cabin , set at different ranges etc.. That was great fun , we had everything from 22's to 7 mm mag, 9mm to 45. A hour or so of that then they broke out wild hog sausage , beef ribs , tortillas and salsa.. Oh man.. If you love sausage you gotta try wild boar , it was insanely good.
Well a bit after that I got my Saiga AK and my Win 30/30 and not to brag and to my suprise seeing as how I was pretty rusty , I did as good as they did with no scope and freehand while most of them used a 'rest' to shoot from , anyway after 100 or so rounds thru my AK , the next round decides to blow up ! The top of the rifle exploded with a loud bang!
I stood there wondering if I was still alive (I could hear everyone in the background saying choice words like "Oh crap" <-- insert exlpletive hehe).
My AK was toast , several parts were laying on the ground around me , as well as the shell casing culprit that was ripped in the middle , dont know if it was a really hot load or what..Anyway I still had both eyes , hands , and my head intact so I have that to be thankful for lol.
Next came the squirrel roundup , we hopped in the back of a flatbed and used 12 guage's on approx 30 or so of the hundreds of thousands of squirrels that live in the area , pretty good fun and a boon to the host since those buggers dig holes that can break the legs of his cattle (his livelihood), we also got a few cottontails and a wayward rattler.
Certainly anyone from PETA would have had a tremendous cow ! lol no pun intended.. .After that we shot a few more targets then headed on back to the ranch house for bbq'd burgers , we were supposed to crash for a few hours then go try to get a pig again around 2am , but my Brother got sick from the heat so we called it a day.
Now I have a few guns to clean and one gun to scrap and one heckofa weekend story I wanted to share with you folks.
Enjoy your week , Todd.
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This seemed like the correct section to post , if not my apolgogy in advance Mods.
which sucks because Wolf makes up about half of my 7.62 stock , so now do I get rid of it or keep it and hope for the best .hmmmm...
