Probably needed to be there
Yeah Amigo Will, that was a Kodak moment. I haven't taken the time to actually weigh that Stevens Little Scout and calculate the recoil energy and velocity, but assuming it is a mere 1 1/2 ft./lbs., that would be something like tilting your chin back and allowing a (GOOD ?) friend to drop a 24 ounce framing hammer onto it from a height of one foot. I know people who would gladly do that for $5.00 or even a beer, but I prefer to be a spectator to those events. Many of those folks are called Darwin Award Nominees for some reason. In college, I once voluntarily put on some gloves and jumped into a boxing ring with a Golden Gloves champ who had KO'd the NCAA light heavyweight champ a week before. After I staggered him with a good right to the nose, he shook it off and proceeded to give me a boxing lesson I will never forget. I then realized I should get good grades as I would never make a living boxing. Still, after the cuts in my mouth healed, I went back and sparred with him several more times, but I would not voluntarily put that little .22 a 1/4 inch off my chin and pull the trigger having "been there" to see the effects. Maybe some time I'll tell you guys about the time I snuck into the same buddys' bunk room at camp and changed his alarm clock to go off 5 hours early so that he woke at midnite and started dressing and cooking breakfast. I was not rotten enough to also change the time on his watch and allow him to go out into the woods, only to wonder why it was still dark at 9:00 AM, but I'm still lucky he didn't shoot me over that one.
