... you keep making cops nervous because you are always staring at their gun, trying to figure out the make and caliber.
...your car always has a few orange foam ear plugs in the glove box and an empty pistol case in the trunk, just in case you suddenly decide to drive out to your favorite range and put your concealed carry gun through it's paces.
....you spontaneously decide to go to the gun range while exiting the grocery store parking lot, and then work on your speed drills because you want to get home before the ice cream melts. (MMmmm. Vanilla bean!)
....several birds start building nests under the eaves of the front porch roof and you decide to break out the antique air pistol when you get fed up with all the bird poop, the air pistol that looks like a grenade launcher with a scope on top, instead of simply chasing them away with a broom.
....you start to consider spending your entire tax rebate on a more powerful air gun when the antique pistol isn't putting the birds down with any reliability.
....the neighbors are so used to your antics that they don't bother calling the cops when you start leaping around the side of the house and screaming "I've got you now, Tweety!", and shooting at the underside of your porch roof with a black pistol that looks like a grenade launcher with a scope on top.
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"....you start to consider spending your entire tax rebate on a more powerful air gun when the antique pistol isn't putting the birds down with any reliability."
One word for you my friend, Baikal. Join the brotherhood. Truly an amazing piece of machinery.
Posted by Dan from Madison | April 23, 2008 11:58 AM
Posted on April 23, 2008 11:58
Don't jump to the immediate conclusion its the air pistol. I have heard a story of a starling that was hit with 3 pellets from a 12gauge game load, 2 pellets from a webley tempest like yours, and a .22 long rifle I think; and it still had enough life to hide in the garage and have to be finished with a shovel. All of them solid body shots but they just zipped through doing minimal damage. Either aim for the head, or leave a bowl of uncooked rice and water. That is since you can't get away with using your 12 gauge where you live.
Posted by Chris | April 23, 2008 3:10 PM
Posted on April 23, 2008 15:10
What does it mean when you're watching NCIS, and Mark Harmon says the murder weapon was an "HP Browning." The girl next to you asks "HP what?" And you start in on how it's also known as the GP or FN, the British Army still uses it, and so on. And she says "Oh, so it's not a computer?"
Posted by Bob Hawkins | April 23, 2008 3:38 PM
Posted on April 23, 2008 15:38
Funny--a traffic cop let my teenager go after teenager asked him technical questions about his shotgun.
Posted by April | April 23, 2008 4:08 PM
Posted on April 23, 2008 16:08
Sounds like you've got it bad :)
Posted by existingthing | April 24, 2008 10:06 PM
Posted on April 24, 2008 22:06
I wish I could find a Webley Tempest!
Posted by Kevin Baker | April 24, 2008 10:49 PM
Posted on April 24, 2008 22:49