ok, so I am about to tell the story of how my wife dropped my gun and heroically tucked it beneath her while she fell to protect the gun.... just kidding lol.
my wife did not fall, however, she insisted that she carried it because it was her first time shooting it that day and she claimed it as her own. when we got out of the truck at our house she got a phone call and dropped it trying to get her phone out of her pocket. she was holding it like a school book under her mar instead of the case and it slipped out and fell until coming to a stop on a nice solid maple tree.
Let me give you a visual of our land and house. we live in a small, mountain metropolis in the great Appalachian mountain region of Virginia with a total population of about 5 in 3 miles. to make our driveway, I had to level out a good portion of a very steep hill right beside of our house. it is very steep in most places, but more so at the driveway ( I estimated about a 30-40 degree slope) that is covered in maple trees. we only have a 3/4 acre yard because that is all we could flatten and have enough room for kids... and me to play in the yard.
I usually do not go out to the range ( 1 hour drive) and shoot the x-steel targets that I have going down into a valley, but one of our neighbors was having a family get together so I didn't want to disturb them with the shooting and the significant echo of the ping on the metal.
but yes, my wife was not harmed in the making of this tragic tale
. this also shows that it was all my neighbors fault in the first place lol
the gun shoots good still and is very accurate too. the timing is still spot on and it locks up good and tight.
but I am very thankful that it wasn't my wife that fell...
