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Gun dont feel right

TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
I just bought a Russian made SKS. Very nice dated 1953.
The proublum is that every time I pick it up it gives me a bad feeling. I was going to shoot it today, but after I loaded it I could not bring myself to shoot it. Did not even want to hold it. Unloaded it as quick as I could. Have even went and checked it a few times. I have it sitting in the corner right now with a couple of other guns I was going to shoot today. None of the other guns I own have ever given me this feeling. Or give it to me now. just this one.
Has any one else had this experance before? Or is it just me?
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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have had that feeling on a couple of used guns I have bought. You could take it to a gunsmith and have it checked out. I just kept it as far from my face for the first shot, to be sure. I have seen video's and pics of guns that explode.

    Rameleni1
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hang your rosary beads off the front sight post for the first shot, if you're Catholic. Wear safety glasses and a nice set of ear plugs. Rest it on a sand bag inside a tire, tie a string to the trigger and give it a tug, while the gun is held firmly by another sand bag on top of the barrel. If you still feel paranoid after all these precautions and it going bang, sell it. I've only felt this way once about a gun, guess what, it was my only gun that has ever had an AD, and it wasnt my doing.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    The gun is in great shape. I have no dout that it is safe to shoot. Its just that every time I touch it it gives me the creeps.
    TOOLS
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just give it to me, and that will take care of everything.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Creeps like someone has been killed with it?Was it in a war?Could just be those SkS' look kind of evil anyway maybe yours just looks extra mean...lol

    Eric S. Williams
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  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Oh no!

    TOOLS, this is one of the first things that happen before you become a liberal!

    Next thing you know you'll be listing to NPR, drinking bottled water with brand names you can't pronounce, and anxiously waiting for the next "Million Mom March"!
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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    It could not have seen the action that most of my other guns have. As Most are Milatery. 4 dating WW1 and 6 WW2. I just cant put my finger on it.
    I have had bad feelings about things befor. The knight befor Toolbabe was in the bad car accident. We had went out for supper and on the way home I thought about the truck being wrecked. I thought after all this work restoring it. What a waste. Next day a police officer was at the door. Told me about the accident and that my wife was in bad shape. He even took me to the hospital.
    But Toolbabe has recovered pretty good. She wont give up. Still has a lot of pain and seizures that leave her left side paralized.
    Well any way I was woundering if anyone else had this feeling and what came of it?
    TOOLS
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  • 4wheeler4wheeler Member Posts: 3,441
    edited November -1
    Father give me his p-38 which had belonged to his Father.First time I shot it,hid behind a tree and shot it,felt kind of stupid for doing this but thought it was the safest thing to do,that way, might just loose a right hand

    "It was like that when I got here".
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    Listen to your feelings Tools1... I would get rid of the gun... Dont ignore those feelings...and dont let anyone tell you its nothing.. it isnt..
    I too have "feelings" about guns, knives, rings.. etc.. you put it in my hand and I know all about it..Classic tells me my face gets a look of absolute terror on it when I pick up something and get a bad feeling from it... other times its a sense of calm, peace and love...

    People often laugh at this, but its only because they have never experienced it...


    Lil' Stinker's Opinion
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was going to say almost exactly what BlackRoses said. Your feeling are "almost" NEVER wrong. Agree with her 100%.

    If I knew then, what I know now.
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  • bama55bama55 Member Posts: 6,389 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I say sell it. No use in having those feelings when you
    can get rid of the cause. Besides, if you don't have
    confidence in it, it wont do you any good.

    Don't send flowers when I die. Send money now, I can buy more ammo.
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  • Shootist3006Shootist3006 Member Posts: 4,171
    edited November -1
    It really doesn't matter if the bad vibes are real or imaginary - the simple fact is you will never feel completely at ease with this gun. Get rid of it; sell it.trade it or give it away but get rid of it.

    Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis
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  • snarlgardsnarlgard Member Posts: 1,310 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You have to go with your feelings
    if you bought the gun for display just display it (this kind of rifle doesn't sound probable)
    if you bought it to shoot and you don't like to pick it up...you won't shoot it much
    most feelings are your subconsions trying to tell you something you missed

    SMILE...MAKE EM WONDER WHAT YOUR UP TO
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  • bwabwa Member Posts: 224 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    TOOLS: I hesitate to mention this here, but this sounds very much like a spiritual issue to me. Your statement, "I have had bad feelings about things before" along with the example of the truck accident, tells me that this gun is merely one example among perhaps many which point to something inside you may want to be free of. If I were you I would look into my family tree for an occult practitioner -perhaps of "white magic". I've seen this before. If you would like to discuss this further, I'm available at awilliam@bright.net. I wouldn't try to sweep it under the rug, friend.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    It's hainted.

    If you want to keep it, you might have it exorcised.

    www.artbell.com

    SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Moderator of General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Visit www.gunbroker.com, the best gun auction site on the Net! Email davidnunn@texoma.net
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  • bartobarto Member Posts: 4,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    trade it to someone for another sks- couldnt hurt.
    barto

    the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer
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  • dads-freeholddads-freehold Member Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    greeting, if you want we can preform an exorcism on it. seriously go with your gut, many of our lattent abilities lie dormant until we need them. look at it as a precognition, by the way whats the going rate for a possesed sks? respt submitted dads-freehold
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  • 4GodandCountry4GodandCountry Member Posts: 3,968
    edited November -1
    I used to know a girl that made me feel the same way...

    When Clinton left office they gave him a 21 gun salute. Its a damn shame they all missed....
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  • allen griggsallen griggs Member Posts: 35,690 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had that feeling about a house once. Some friends had a one year lease on a little cabin on Lookout Mtn. They said I could spend the weekend there. I went up there, I had my six pack and a box of chicken. Real nice little old place, I lit the fireplace. I just had a very bad feeling about the place. I put the fire out and left and ate my chicken on the road. I asked my friends if they knew if someone had gotten murdered there. They said they didn't know of any bad things like that. They went there often and had a good time. I don't know, but I never went back. Only time that ever happened to me.
    Sell that gun, who knows, it may have killed someone you knew in Vietnam.
    "Not as deep as a well, or as wide as a church door, but it is enough."

    Edited by - allen griggs on 08/21/2002 16:23:50
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  • Matt45Matt45 Member Posts: 3,185
    edited November -1
    Tools-

    quote: trade it to someone for another sks- couldnt hurt.

    I've gotta go with that- Trust your gut feelings, they'll never betray you.....

    Matt

    Reserving my Right to Arm Bears!!!!
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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    Thanks for not thinking Im crazy or at least pointing it out. I removed the bolt and put it away from the gun and ammo. Ithink I might wait until the next show and see if I can trade it or something.
    After I was thinging about it. There is something about it that dose bother me. The mag it is the ten round and is not removable. So when you load it one is going to go into the chamber when you close the slide.
    But the thing still gives me the creeps. Even the funney looking little bullets.
    I feel so much more comfortable with My M1 carbine. Or even My M1.
    And Allen I know what you are talking about. I used to live in an old farm house. Always felt strange. It had a addition put on in the 50s. When I would let my dog in it would not go into the newer part of the house.
    TOOLS
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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Feelings are not facts. Nevertheless, they are even harder to argue with. Your head probably associates the gun with something. But all guns that are not factory new have a history, and none of us knows exactly what it is when we buy a firearm. I don't believe your gun is bad, but if it doesn't make you feel good it ain't much good.

    A gun is just a tool, or a hobby, but you gotta use tools you like or you won't be any good with them. You'll have to either put it away until you get over it or trade it for something you like better. That's what I'd do.

    - Life NRA Member
    "If cowardly & dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary...and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • NighthawkNighthawk Member Posts: 12,022 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like you got plenty of advice,I hope some of it resolves your problem.


    Best!!!

    Rugster


    Toujours Pret
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  • Seth K. PerumeonySeth K. Perumeony Member Posts: 119 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Eric was looking for an Sks, outta sell it to him.
    Hey Eric, you don't mind if it's possessed do ya?



    It's only overrated when it's readily available...
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  • chappsynychappsyny Member Posts: 3,381 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Trust your instincts. After all, that's why god gave them to you. Depending on what you believe, it's not uncomon for people to get premonisions (sp?), or at the very least an "uneasyness" about things, and many people wind up regretting not acting on that uneasyness. If the feeling is really that striking then just get rid of it. There are millions of SKS's out there. You can replace it with one that doesn't make you feel that way. Above all else, listen to your heart on this and trust your instincts!

    New Hampshire, USA - "Live Free or Die!!!"
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Had a bad feeling about a gun I had bought once, so I took a freind with me who had no problem with it and shot it several times, so I picked it up and have been shooting it for years- it was all in my head.
    Do what you want, but I think you'd be glad to face it and go on and have fun with it. After all, if it's safe for someone else to shoot it, it's safe for you as it's only an object that doesn't know who fires it- right?
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Had a bad feeling about a gun I had bought once, so I took a freind with me who had no problem with it and shot it several times, so I picked it up and have been shooting it for years- it was all in my head.
    Do what you want, but I think you'd be glad to face it and go on and have fun with it. After all, if it's safe for someone else to shoot it, it's safe for you as it's only an object that doesn't know who fires it- right?
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  • daddodaddo Member Posts: 3,408
    edited November -1
    Had a bad feeling about a gun I had bought once, so I took a freind with me who had no problem with it and shot it several times, so I picked it up and have been shooting it for years- it was all in my head.
    Do what you want, but I think you'd be glad to face it and go on and have fun with it. After all, if it's safe for someone else to shoot it, it's safe for you as it's only an object that doesn't know who fires it- right?
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    {b]NUNN[/b]

    That's not like you to misspell a word and advertise Spam.
    Did someone fill in for you tonight?

    Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!
    Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
    NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
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  • competentonecompetentone Member Posts: 4,696 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ok TOOLS, how much do you want for it?

    Does the number on the bolt and bolt carrier match the receiver number?

    competentone@hotmail.com
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    "Haint" is the way the word "haunt" is pronounced in some parts. Haint can also be a noun, meaning a ghost or spirit.

    Spam? Not intentionally. Art Bell often delves into the arcane, and he has a very entertaining radio show and website.

    SIG pistol armorer/FFL Dealer/Full time Peace Officer, Moderator of General Discussion Board on Gunbroker. Visit www.gunbroker.com, the best gun auction site on the Net! Email davidnunn@texoma.net
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  • E.WilliamsE.Williams Member Posts: 1,101 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hell no I dont mind if its possesed Im Catholic I have the inside track on Exorcisms!Besides it cant be any more evil than I am:)

    Eric S. Williams
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  • n/an/a Member Posts: 168,427 ✭
    edited November -1
    tools1...
    I had an incident happen to me that still terrifies me and wished I could have done something to prevent what followed..

    I was in the process of buying a house... in the "looking" stage...there was one that was perfect... big yard, huge kitchen, 4 bedrooms... Needless to say it was great and the price was right as well..
    I was going thru the house and entered one of the bedrooms... the most chilling, terrifying feeling came over me...I didnt know why, but just knew I had to get out of that bedroom..I went back to the kitchen where the real estate agent asked me what was wrong... I told him I had no idea but wanted out of the house NOW, and would not even consider buying it..
    Two months later, a father was charged with the death of his son..From the report, the father admitted to sexually abusing the son, for the last 3 years....and strangled him when he attempted to cry out for help....
    Place?... in the bedroom of the house I was intending to purchase...

    I do not question the why, how or what when I get those feelings.. I just know they happen and I listen to them..I could not have prevented what happened to the boy, but I wish I could have...





    Lil' Stinker's Opinion
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had the same feeling the night of the 1992 presidential election.

    The most important things, Are not things.
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  • ccasey612ccasey612 Member Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Spooky

    If you will blame gun makers for every shooting then blame car maker for every car accident.
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  • cowdoccowdoc Member Posts: 5,847 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    tools i kinda know what you are talking bout, i bought a sks back in the later 80's cheap from a place that had ffl that i worked at at the time. i took the gun home just didnt feel right to me, i did shoot it couple times still just had a funny feeling about owning the rifle so sold it few days later to friend and never regreted selling the rifle.
    Guess i just couldnt own a gun that was made to be most likley used against this country. call it dumb but that was how i felt when i had the rifle.
    I am not really into millitary rifles but own an ar15 would like to get a ar10 someday. just couldnt bring myself to own a sks nor do i have any desire to own a ak47. I like owning rifles that are part of this country's heritage.
    doc

    I dont give my guns without somebody getting hurt!
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  • doomsknight62doomsknight62 Member Posts: 239 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    With this, as in all things, a person's first impression, or instincts, are usually correct. If you don't feel like keeping the gun, then sell it. There's nothing wrong with that- there are plenty of other guns to choose from!
    I had a funny feeling about doing something once....Let's see, when was that? Oh yeah, it was when my wife made me sell one of my handguns!

    " God is in His Heaven, All is Right in the World. "
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  • thunderboltthunderbolt Member Posts: 6,041 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Take it to a gunsmith and let him check it out for you. If it's ok and you're still spooked, sell it. At least you'll know you're not bothered because the gun is defective.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    ROFLMAO! Never thought I would see NEW AGE gun advice on this board!

    A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand
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  • TOOLS1TOOLS1 Member Posts: 6,133
    edited November -1
    I have been thinking about what the history could be for this rifel. And from what we know about the Russians througg the cold war. It could be any thing. Mayby I should call Art Bell. Or Madam Cleo.
    I am not Cathlioc but I do know a Priest. Any body want to come for an exorcism? Maybe I should take the Liberal aproach and use the cutting torch on it. Oh hold it the liberals would torch all my guns. That wont work.
    I wounder if there would be any way to find any history on it? It is starting to tear at me.
    Competenone you will have first chance when I decide what I am going to do. I am under the impression that you are in SC. Am I right? If so where are you? I live by Camden.
    TOOLS
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