Firearms

[James---FSIA]

I'm thinkin about buyin a gun most likely a rifle, most likely a Ruger 10/22. can anyone give me any advise?

[gumleaves44---FSIA]

10/22's r nice, my dad's got 1. plus .22 ammo's cheap as hell, they handle really easy

[James---FSIA]

alright, cool. im probly gonna wait, till i get a source of income, so i can get a gun club membership.

i dont know if ill wanna do any hunting. after seeing pics of gunshot wounds in my emt class... i dont really like the idea of what a bullet does to flesh.

[gumleaves44---FSIA]

yah, my uncle shot himself once (accidently), he was in a cowboy shooting club and was doin a quick draw and shot himself in the calve (or is it calf?) i dont think it was anything too serious, but I imagine he had to go to the hospital. yah, and with a .22 I wouldnt hunt anything bigger than a rabbit, but squirell are pretty fun to hunt, and easy (compared to game like deer or turkey) but still challenging enough to be fun, and it tastes pretty good

[James---FSIA]

do u prepare ur own kill? how do u do that? is it hard?

[gumleaves44---FSIA]

its not really that hard, a bit bloody and time consuming, but not too hard.

[James---FSIA]

hmm

[gumleaves44---FSIA]

personally I've never cleaned anythin more than a fis, but I've seen deer cleaned multiple times in person, and Ive seen other game cleaned on tv. Most of it's done the same way. Typically you make a cut from the groin all the way up to near the throat (being carefull not to cut any of the innards) then you open the cut and let the blood drain a bit, then start removing the innard. That's bout as much as I can remember, but I know when you're skinning it you typically start at the inner thigh and just start tearing it all off in 1 big pelt and cutting anywhere where tissue is holding onto the hide. and I have like 0 experience with butchering the meat, so I couldnt help u there

[gumleaves44---FSIA]

personally I've never cleaned anythin more than a fis, but I've seen deer cleaned multiple times in person, and Ive seen other game cleaned on tv. Most of it's done the same way. Typically you make a cut from the groin all the way up to near the throat (being carefull not to cut any of the innards) then you open the cut and let the blood drain a bit, then start removing the innard. That's bout as much as I can remember, but I know when you're skinning it you typically start at the inner thigh and just start tearing it all off in 1 big pelt and cutting anywhere where tissue is holding onto the hide. and I have like 0 experience with butchering the meat, so I couldnt help u there

[James---FSIA]

well, i suppose i could do that

[gumleaves44---FSIA]

first time I ever saw a deer gutted I was 5 and all the intestines and liver and what not were all fallin out and my dog kept tryin to eat em, and my dad kept tryin to shoo her away, think she ended up havin the craps for a few days