I think I just failed as a gun-nut.
For our move, some things I just left in the containers they lived in normally. For instance, all of my firearm cleaning supplies remained inside the .50-caliber ammunition cans they are generally stored in. This worked perfectly fine (those cans will win arguments with most things), except in one, noteable exception.
The can that just happened to be holding all of the various solvents, oils, and other cleaning liquids one would find near any firearm stash.
Oh, the can came out just fine. Unfortunately, one or more of the liquids inside, however, came out. Literally.
Accidents happen, and that is not where my failure occurred. Rather, when I opened the can, and was confronted with the wonderfully pungent smells of copper cutter, lubrication oils, and God alone knows what else, the first thought going through my mind was not, “Hm, I need to hit up the range,” or, “Maybe one of my firearms could use some cleaning after the move,” or something like that. Nope, my thought was, “Gosse, this is going to be a beast to clean up.”
All I have to say is thank God ammunition cans are not only water tight, but also apparently fume-tight… otherwise I might not be here to be writing this.
Yes, you can take away my gun-nut membership card now.
interesting find | old-skool capacity | negligence kills |










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