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There is always a first time.

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:35 pm
by Shooterer
Today was the first time I ever opened a tin of pellets upside down 😳

Re: There is always a first time.

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:16 pm
by dulcmr-man
Not good but try this. While primarily a pistol shooter I also shoot trap on Sundays after church with the same group of guys. It's probably more a social event than it is a shooting event.

I reload for everything I shoot and have, upon occasion, dumped a partial bottle of either #8 shot or some kind of fine-grained shotgun powder all over my bench. I don't want to clean up ANY mess, but these are at the top of my frustration list.

Dennis, aka Dulcmrman

Re: There is always a first time.

Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 8:34 pm
by Rover
Shooterer wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:35 pm Today was the first time I ever opened a tin of pellets upside down 😳
Warming up for that "wet" shooting, eh?

Re: There is always a first time.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 6:27 am
by william
Shooterer wrote: ↑Sun Sep 25, 2022 7:35 pm Today was the first time I ever opened a tin of pellets upside down 😳
Was the tin upside down, or were you?

Re: There is always a first time.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 9:56 am
by m1963
Ahh, the dreaded tin of spilt pellets.

My worst experience was arriving at a match to find a tin had opened inside my pistol box...at least they were all in one place.

The last match I shot at Camp Perry another person knocked their entire tin on the floor...pellets everywhere.

It's a thing...

Re: There is always a first time.

Posted: Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:02 pm
by PaulB
I instruct my students to never shoot from a full can. Always transfer about 100 pellets to an empty can and use that.

Re: There is always a first time.

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 8:02 am
by rgibson
Gravity; it’s a law!

Re: There is always a first time.

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 6:28 pm
by atomicgale
PaulB wrote: ↑Mon Sep 26, 2022 3:02 pm I instruct my students to never shoot from a full can. Always transfer about 100 pellets to an empty can and use that.
Is that after spilling the first 400 pellets?

Re: There is always a first time.

Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2022 9:03 pm
by rmca
If you never spilled a tin of pellets, you aren't shooting that long...