My favorite airgun story so far this year nice
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Heard a horrendous story tonight at Walmart while looking at some airguns. An older gentleman was looking at springers. We got to talking and he told me he filled a pcp with pure oxygen and put some petroleum based lube in the gun. When he shot it, It blew up, burned him on one arm and side of his face pretty bad. Spent two monthe in burn unit. He said he read later not to put anything petroleum based in the gun.
I guess that's why he was looking at springers!!!! We were laughing, but it wasn't really funny!
I guess that's why he was looking at springers!!!! We were laughing, but it wasn't really funny!
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My thoughts exactly. However, it's foolish to talk to a cop at all. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE
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Ha Ha Ha and I work in Federal Law Enforcement. This one is almost to funny to believe. I also wish it was on video ! All the guys here at work found it very funny... tks 
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That must have been the guy that Tom Gaylord mentioned. He told a story (ish) thing about someone who ask for (and received) a refund from PA after he blew up his air rifle by using pure oxygen instead of air. He didn't mention the pelgun oil but pure oxygen burns just fine without it.
of course the focus of his version of the story was how great PA's refund policy is....
I believe this to be one of those natural selection things when a grown man doesn't know that pure oxygen is flammable...
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Oxygen is an oxydiser, not a fuel. There must combustibles with oxygen in order to have combustion. 100% Oxygen is not flammable. A grown man should know not to use O2 to pressurize a PCP. PCP instruction can only state what should be used to pressurize......certainly can't list all the gases that shouldn't be used! Hope that fellow understands what he did. A harsh lesson.
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About a month ago I got pulled over got a faulty brakelight the officer asked if I knew it was out and I told him no, and that it most likely went out the night before while I was driving off road hunting Hogs, he asked what I used to hunt Hogs with and I told him a .357 Caliber air rifle, he did a double take and said he had never even heard of such a thing. My bulldog was still in the truck and I offered to let him look at it..... before opening up my back door I warned him that it looks like some futuristic machine gun and to please not shoot me when I get it out... a small pause and he asks if I minded him picking it up from the seat.
He thought it was cool as hell though and was pretty cool about the whole thing let me off with a warning and asked that I put an extra pig down for him
He thought it was cool as hell though and was pretty cool about the whole thing let me off with a warning and asked that I put an extra pig down for him
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You are correct. Apparently the fire warning on oxygen tanks is because it can cause a bunch of normally safe materials to spontaneously combust as well as make fires difficult to put out. The deadly combo in air guns is the grease. So as as you said, oxygen is a fire hazard but not flammable on it's own. Still you wouldn't want to smoke near a source of pure O2.
It has me curious how it made their tanks explode because, even with the grease / oxygen combo, I assume there still needs to be a spark.
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Zebra... diesel engines don't have sparks. Air (oxygen) Fuel (oil or grease) and pressure will ignite.
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Great story! Did he not even have to admit that he'd been using an airgun? (as opposed to a firearm)
To Cliff's point, it would have been just as good of a story if the squirrel had fallen anywhere in eyeshot. I bet the cop had a good laugh.
Meanwhile, you kind of owe it to your friend to give him The Talk we would give to our 13 year old kids before turning them loose with an airgun.
To Cliff's point, it would have been just as good of a story if the squirrel had fallen anywhere in eyeshot. I bet the cop had a good laugh.
Meanwhile, you kind of owe it to your friend to give him The Talk we would give to our 13 year old kids before turning them loose with an airgun.
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You're right. I often make the mistake of assuming that common sense is common. It occurred to me to be careful and discrete from day one, so I could continue to enjoy my hobby without problems. I assumed it just went without saying but not with this guy."Smaug"Great story! Did he not even have to admit that he'd been using an airgun? (as opposed to a firearm)
To Cliff's point, it would have been just as good of a story if the squirrel had fallen anywhere in eyeshot. I bet the cop had a good laugh.
Meanwhile, you kind of owe it to your friend to give him The Talk we would give to our 13 year old kids before turning them loose with an airgun.
He didn't admit to using any type of gun to the police. Luckily for him, he's watched enough tv to know that it is almost always better to say nothing, even if you think it will "clear up a misunderstanding". Anything you say could be used against you n all that.
I think that most police officers are not looking to ruin the lives of good people over minor stuff as long as the people are polite and respectful.
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Thinking about this more, I think the cop knew what had happened, and decided not to press matters. Experienced cops are VERY good lie-detectors.
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FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
X27, it's an old saying that means that if you can't speak the truth because you would incriminate yourself, keep you mouth shut. My point in a previous post is that any statement to the police can and will be used against you, no matter how exculpatory or innocuous it may seem to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE (15:21)
Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote in Watts v. Indiana 338 US 49 (1949): "[A]ny lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to police under any circumstances."
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation."
FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
X27, it's an old saying that means that if you can't speak the truth because you would incriminate yourself, keep you mouth shut. My point in a previous post is that any statement to the police can and will be used against you, no matter how exculpatory or innocuous it may seem to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-7o9xYp7eE (15:21)
Supreme Court Justice Robert Jackson wrote in Watts v. Indiana 338 US 49 (1949): "[A]ny lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to police under any circumstances."
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