FAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!

[miguel]

Dinner time came and Mrs. Miguel was out and about, so Miguel Jr. and I drove to Elwood Conservation Club to do a little plinking.

We got there, signed in, unloaded the car and **** me Alex if my staple gun had a FTF! I mean that son of a gun would not project a staple for anything...I did my best Clint Smith and "tapped, racked and shot" but not a damn staple would come out. Didn't appear to be a jam and the staples were in good shape. No idea what the deal was. Of course, nobody else was at the range, so I couldn't borrow anyone's stapler or tape or... Poor little Miguel Jr's vocabulary expanded a little today, I'm embarrassed to say!

Luckily we had his self-sealing ground hog spinner and a nearly shot-out piece of plywood in the trunk with one (1) Shoot-n-See target (used) already stapled into it. That took care of him, but I was still screwed. Ended up drawing circles on some corrugated with a Sharpie.

The good news is I'm so pissed I'm going back tomorrow with a new American-made staple gun!

 

[Double T]

Lol. Did you disengage the safety?

 

[K_W]

So you bought blanks? Make sure to read the box of staples more carefully next time...

 

[Que]

 

[miguel]

Worst part is I know I can give the stapler to my wife and it will work perfectly. Then Miguel Jr. will think I'm mechanically inept. (which is true, he just doesn't know it!)

 

[tv1217]

In emergency, use duct tape

 

[mizzi]

I've jammed sticks through the paper target through old bullet holes in the plywood in a similar predicament. Thank goodnes it wasn't windy! Desperate times call for desperate measures.

 

[ArmedProgrammer]

Must've been a HiPoint Stapler... of course, if it was a Glock stapler, it would've kaboomed your target all to heck.

 

[Caleb]

this thread = epic win!

 

[RBrianHarless]

Worst part is I know I can give the stapler to my wife and it will work perfectly. Then Miguel Jr. will think I'm mechanically inept. (which is true, he just doesn't know it!)

Oh cripes, happens to me all the time. Wife comes plowing in like a cowboy to save the day and makes whatever I am having issues with work. She is lucky I love her.

 

[sonovasailor]

This is why pop cans were invented................to shoot

 

[miguel]

This is why pop cans were invented................to shoot

We did resort to shooting our water bottles after we finished them.

 

[MikeDVB]

We did resort to shooting our water bottles after we finished them.

It's more fun when you fill them with colored water (i.e. food coloring+water) and watch them explode .

 

[Hookeye]

Tacks, not just for teacher's chairs.

 

[JohnP82]

Hate when stuff like that happens! At least you got a few things figured out and were still able to sling some lead!

 

[Tydeeh22]

perhaps frowned upon by Leo's and Co's, but floating a gallon milk jug down the creek, and using it as a mobile target is AMAZING. couple hundred feet of string tied to the handle for retrieval of course.

 

[MikeDVB]

perhaps frowned upon by Leo's and Co's, but floating a gallon milk jug down the creek, and using it as a mobile target is AMAZING. couple hundred feet of string tied to the handle for retrieval of course.

I think that shooting lead into the creek/creek bed would be the concern as well as potential ricochets off of the water surface.

 

[88GT]

I've jammed sticks through the paper target through old bullet holes in the plywood in a similar predicament. Thank goodnes it wasn't windy! Desperate times call for desperate measures.

I've been known to use .22 brass lying around for this purpose. Luckily our range uses cardboard so it's easier to insert.

OP, we're laughing with you, not at you.

 

[youngda9]

Put a box of thumb tacks in your bag for next time...think of it as a BUG for your staple gun, just in case.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Ahhhh....a rite of passage. From father to son. I learned most all my curse words when my dad was trying to fix something. I call them them fixin' words.