Something Funny

[Delmonico]

I was out cleaning a fixing my shed today and was watching a wasp fly around which mad me stop and watch to make sure there was not a nest in their since I'm highly allergic to them. Well there was no nest in the shed but it reminded me of a nest that bothered me seveal years ago.  After driving to our farm to shoot my Sharps, I noticed a large wasp nest under the shooting bench.

Well I went up to the building site and found a can of wasp spray in the outhouse, which was empty.  Searching the trailerhouse I found no more and I wasn't going to sit by them and shoot, Empi-Pen or not.  So I got this idea, I took out my Swiss Army knife and opened the pliers and grabbed one of my 330 Hp loads and eased the bullet out. 

I loaded the case (75 grs of Goex CTG, compressed with a die) and eased up till the muzzle was about 6 feet away and touched it off.  After putting out a couple real small grass fires caused by burinng wasp nest, I went to shooting.  Did not see another wasp around there that day

[Bristow Kid]

Good story Del.   

[Delmonico]

Normally I either use a #9 Skeet load on them if possible or even better I sick my brother on them.  He's got an EMT card and knows what could happen to me.  He'd rather get stung than waste a half day taking me to an ER.

[El Peludo]

It ain't period proper, or any such, but if ya' carry a can of brake or carb cleaner in your range box or bag, you can do them critters in real easy, and it might come in handy for some other cleaning duties, too.

[Dick Dastardly]

 Ho Delmonico Pard,

That's one fine Gentlemans fly swatter.  One more good use for BP.  If ya didn't kill 'em all, ya sure scared 'em off.

Good work.

DD-DLoS

[Delmonico]

It did leave a black spot on the bottom of the bench.   I don't think from the body parts I seen they were scared one bit.

[Goatlips]

Hay Delmonico, you reminded me of something, lookee here:

From: Loading the percussion Rifle, Blackpowder Handbook, Sam Fadala:

"A patch protector may be installed now if a heavy hunting charge is used. A light powder charge will not normally destroy a patch. I recommend hornet nesting material.  The hornet's nest is composed of a paper-like substance, and though a match touched to a few leaves of this amazing stuff will annihilate it, downbore the hornet nesting material acts as asbestos when the rifle is fired, totally protecting the patch from burnout."

So to everything there is a season Pard!   (I'm allergic too).

Goatlips

[Silver Creek Slim]

Great new use for BP. 

Slim

[Dick Dastardly]

I've always wanted to load up some .410 bp shot shells and I've got had this chipmunk on my bird feeder. . .  But that's a post for another day.

DD-DLoS