My first Fox attack that ended in a kill

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I've never seen that. Be careful - of course. Jammed ammo & damaged ammo is dangerous. My friend saw a guy shooting a .50 rifle at a range - bolt action type (this round is basically a cannon). After several shots it jammed, so this guy tried to FORCE the bolt shut on a live round.

He pounded the bolt, and the round went off with the breech open - and his hand over it. What happened was that the brass fragmented and exploded like a mini hand grenade. The brass sliced the crap out of his fingers - blood everywhere, he was screaming - fortunately an off duty EMT was there and stopped him from bleeding to death. If he didn't lose any fingers, I bet he never played the piano again.

Well a 22 is tiny compared to a .50 cal' but don't take chances. Take it back & don't let them b.s. you - it should be under warranty. Good luck!
 
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Yeah, robots! Maybe next generation.:(
Was just telling hubby yesterday - need more magazines!!! You should get a free replacement for the damaged one. If you can get at least one or 2 more, even better, especially when you've gotta share a gun! Wish I could ship you some good ammo, darn it!
 
Ouch, Steemroo! Your poor buddy! That happened with our new .17hmr. The gun jammed, so I got the bullet out, & said to hubby, guess we won't be firing THAT bullet again! Not worth the risk. Brute force is never the answer. It's too bad some folks learn the hard way, & with a .50 cal' . Yikes!
 
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My girl So I looked out my window looking to check the trap door to see if it went down last night and sure enough I can see the trap door was down.So I send my boy out there to peak in the trap without pulling out of the brush where I had put it.I brushed it in with branches and hay and baited it with a nice purdue chicken breast that mommy pulled out for dinner and never cooked.My son comes running in to get my wife and I to see what he called a Big Red Mountain Lion mined you we live 30 minutes from Boston.So I get out there and pull the trap out of the brush and Look who is in there Mr big neighbor hood Kitty cat he did indeed look similar to a small red lion it was so cute when my son said that.He does know to stay back and peak inside so I too probably would have thought Red fox.So we let mr red go he ate the hole chicken breast and spent a long night in a 1" cold snow storm we did feel bad but also he may think twice about lurking around the chickens.
 
My friend saw it - the injury happened to a stranger.

You caught GARFIELD!!! Next time bait it with lasagna! :lau

We had a raccoon problem when I was a boy, and this was the first and only time we ever used a leg trap. It caught a house cat the next day - on our roof - and I had to go up and free it.. It was neither easy nor pleasant - but it hand't been injured that badly - caught on paw - and ran like a cruise missile once freed.
 
Garfield, lol! Good one! Ha, ha!
We had coon problems too. I live trapped one, & it escaped. Lucky for me, I caught the action on trail cam. Dam cheap trap! It chewed and squeezed itself between the bottom rows of bars. Now I know how flexible their backs are lol! One of the pics has him upside down in the trap. I couldn't help but laugh, it looked so comical! Anyway, tightened up the gaps around gate & no more coons. Yay!
 
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If it was new in box you must have a warranty on it. Contact mossberg if the store wont help. Great you have everybody out shooting now. Next they will be buying guns.
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Steemroo said:
I've never seen that. Be careful - of course. Jammed ammo & damaged ammo is dangerous. My friend saw a guy shooting a .50 rifle at a range - bolt action type (this round is basically a cannon). After several shots it jammed, so this guy tried to FORCE the bolt shut on a live round.

He pounded the bolt, and the round went off with the breech open - and his hand over it. What happened was that the brass fragmented and exploded like a mini hand grenade. The brass sliced the crap out of his fingers - blood everywhere, he was screaming - fortunately an off duty EMT was there and stopped him from bleeding to death. If he didn't lose any fingers, I bet he never played the piano again.

Well a 22 is tiny compared to a .50 cal' but don't take chances. Take it back & don't let them b.s. you - it should be under warranty. Good luck!
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Ya I locked the gun as soon as it jammed took the mag out and then took the bullet out. Not to sound mean but I am not that stupid lol Have had some gun training I also remember the cartoons growing up of bugs hitting the rockets with a hammer and having them blow up. Torn up ammo scares me more then anything :/ The gun was new I took the mag into the store today the guy I bought it from agreed that the mag was messed up and gave me a new one. He also told me with the brand of my gun it would be best to use copper rounds instead of lead. I cant find any so he said he will give me a few cases of his copper ammo
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So excited.

My father-in-law is talking about buying something hehe I think I even have my hubby talked into buying something bigger and possibly going elk hunting next year YAY!!!!!!!!
 
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My girl So I looked out my window looking to check the trap door to see if it went down last night and sure enough I can see the trap door was down.So I send my boy out there to peak in the trap without pulling out of the brush where I had put it.I brushed it in with branches and hay and baited it with a nice purdue chicken breast that mommy pulled out for dinner and never cooked.My son comes running in to get my wife and I to see what he called a Big Red Mountain Lion mined you we live 30 minutes from Boston.So I get out there and pull the trap out of the brush and Look who is in there Mr big neighbor hood Kitty cat he did indeed look similar to a small red lion it was so cute when my son said that.He does know to stay back and peak inside so I too probably would have thought Red fox.So we let mr red go he ate the hole chicken breast and spent a long night in a 1" cold snow storm we did feel bad but also he may think twice about lurking around the chickens.
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HAHA welly way to go on the big red mountain lion catch... Kids are so fricken cute!!! Sorry your still have not gotten your fox. I still havent gotten my other one. this weekend I am setting up a bait station see how that goes. Honestly I think the thing left and I havent seen my neighbor feeding any wildlife for over a week now
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Hope you get your fox soon its so frustrating to know they are out there and you cant get them gggrrrr
 

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