The Big Bang
At the shooting range yesterday morning. I'm shooting quite happily, nice little 22 caliber tack-driving target rifle. It goes pop, pop, pop.
Guy comes and plops down next to me, pulls out his 50 cailber BMG rifle. It goes:
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, EARTH SHAKING 9.9 ON THE RICHTER SCALE, SMACK ME IN THE EAR WITH A ROOFING HAMMER, FOOKIN BBBBOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!
I go home now. Thanks for the warning you were going to give me a 24 hour headache, you f*cktard.
Guy comes and plops down next to me, pulls out his 50 cailber BMG rifle. It goes:
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD, EARTH SHAKING 9.9 ON THE RICHTER SCALE, SMACK ME IN THE EAR WITH A ROOFING HAMMER, FOOKIN BBBBOOOOOOOOOOMMM!!!
I go home now. Thanks for the warning you were going to give me a 24 hour headache, you f*cktard.
posted by dag at 9/27/2004 11:11:00 AM
4 Comments:
Did you have hearing protection? Seems like you'd expect those things in a firing range, but then I know little of firing ranges.
I had muffs, but the 50BMG round is a real earthshaker. They are also very uncommon at most ranges. The backstop was only 100yrds, most 50BMG shooting is done at much, much further distances. If I would have known he was going to shoot a 50BMG, I would have put in plugs covered by muffs, even then it's really not enough. To put it into perspective, the concussion from a 50 BMG is more than two to tthree time what you would get from most other large caliber rilfes such as a .308, 30-30, or 300 win mag.
f*cktard is one of my favorite insults right now, by the way. I think Letsbuildafort introduced me to that one. Thanks for reminding me of that gem. : )
Can you hear me by the way?
My right ear still hurts a bit, but I can hear your voice clearly along with the countless others in my head.
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