This may need to go in the humour forum instead of here.
Yesterday this guy was telling me and my dad that he was a gunsmith. Then he goes on to tell us that he cuts the chambers so tight on his rifles that it takes him 3 or 4 seconds to open the bolt after every shot. Then he goes on to tell us that it is suppost to be this way.
Me and dad both picked up on this real quick.

So I ask him what his name was and he hesitated to tell me, then he said he lived in Burkesville which is only about 30 minutes from here. Then dad said well I might need some chamber work done before long. He didnt say yes I can or no I cant he just took his stuff and left.

If his bolt is sticking everytime he shoots and he thinks it is suppost to be this way. I would sure hate to be around when he does shoot. The fool probably lucky he hasnt got himself killed.

He probably also automatically decaps his cases when he opens the bolt. Bet his new primers go in real easy, too.

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Bet his new primers go in real easy, too.

Yep

A real pro there.

i think everyone has seen his brother..

the guy that put his eye ON the scope and pulls the trigger... no matter how much you TRY to stop him, he'll pull it....

and cuss

jeffe

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:
i think everyone has seen his brother..

the guy that put his eye ON the scope and pulls the trigger... no matter how much you TRY to stop him, he'll pull it....

and cuss

jeffe

But they usually only do that ONCE!

Ok Jeff you are going to wish that you never mentioned the guy that put his eye to the scope because we have all seen some pretty stupid crap in our time. About 16 years ago I was working for the Custom Gun Shop in Edmonton and some wizened old plow bow came in with a pre 64 70 that had spent half of its dying days wedged in some convenient corner of a combine or tractor cab. I can’t remember the nature of the repair but it was a simple fix while you wait and I’ll charge you double next time type job. In the back of my mind something didn’t seam right. It wasn’t till I was almost done till it dawned on me that the old Weaver K 4 was mounted wrong side round. I asked him who had mounted the scope? He replied that it had been mounted on the gun for over 30 years and he couldn’t remember who had put it on. I asked him how it shot and he replied that he shot a dear a year and once in a while the odd coyote and sick cow. I then brought it to his attention that it was mounted backwards and offered to spin it round and bore site it. He gave me a bit of a funny look and dryly replied that it worked just fine the way it was and that I would not be changing it. ) Rod Henrickson

Jeezzzzzzzzzzzzz

My friend Wally. could not get his 06 sighted in so I invited him to the range .
when he took his rifle out of the case I noticed he had it mounted with the up on the left and the l/r on the top,
Took some talking but finally convinced him on the correct way to mount the scope and it adjusted just fine.

I swapped an unwanted revolver for a Ruger 77 in 7RM several years back. The guy came into the gun show with it, and when I spotted him I asked what the rifle was chambered in. He told me, and then stated that something was wrong, because the bolt wouldn't open with the scope on the rifle. He wasn't sure what the problem was.
You guessed it: he had the scope rings switched...

Without going into detals about the who and where... imagine a group of mountain people, herdsmen, very remote village, familiar with rifles but ignorant about handguns. Give them a 1911 and some ammo. They were told to wait for instuction but one fellow was too impatient. He loads the handgun and holds it against his face so that he can see the sights. Right against his face and fires a round.
He was medivaced out and didn't return for quite a while.

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Originally posted by hivelosity:
My friend Wally. could not get his 06 sighted in so I invited him to the range .
when he took his rifle out of the case I noticed he had it mounted with the up on the left and the l/r on the top,
Took some talking but finally convinced him on the correct way to mount the scope and it adjusted just fine.

I saw a left handed rifle for sale once that had the scope mounted sideways also. I guess if you had just a cross hair reticle and an equal amount of travel for both windage and elevation it would probably work.

I've yet to see it but..... My mini-14 hits the cases on the windage turret on ejection. Puts a dent in the case mouth and scope. What would it hurt to clock the scope 90* left as long as I can get it on center? Nate

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Originally posted by BigNate:
I've yet to see it but..... My mini-14 hits the cases on the windage turret on ejection. Puts a dent in the case mouth and scope. What would it hurt to clock the scope 90* left as long as I can get it on center? Nate

From a purely theoretical standpoint I can’t see any difference at all...as long as you have a reticle that allows it and as long as your windage and elevation adjustments are equal.

The only possible exception that I am unaware of is if your particular scope has a built in horizontal “drift†adjustment built into the elevation mechanism...but this would only be present at the extreme elevation settings.

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Originally posted by BigNate:
I've yet to see it but..... My mini-14 hits the cases on the windage turret on ejection. Puts a dent in the case mouth and scope. What would it hurt to clock the scope 90* left as long as I can get it on center? Nate

Except for balistic comping scopes, it works just fine when twisted 90deg. The only thing you have to remember is that the one on top is elevation (regardless of what the marking says).
There are a few manfactures that mark there adjustments (IIRC) U-L and R-D if that gives you any hints.