Two shower day after shooting session

[salmon creek gary]

I was recently diagnosed with asthma after 76 years of breathing whatever comes my way. My puzzled pulmonologist, searching a likely cause for such late onset, asked me about new things in my environment (pets, houseplants, carpets, etc). Nope, none of that; what's new to me is being this dang old.

Although "gunsmoke" did cross my mind, I said nothing about it. That's nothing new, plus I'm leery of even mentioning firearms in a healthcare setting.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Ooof....did 40 rounds in mine a couple weeks ago and that was enough. I got scrawny shoulders. Get a little "flinchy" at that point. No long lasting pain though. And I wear a pussy-pad. I can't even imagine shooting that many in one sitting.

Yep, me and Mike have fishin shoulders...

 

[Xaevian]

Yep, me and Mike have fishin shoulders...

Is that like getting walleye?

 

[Caveman Jim]

Is that like getting walleye?

Sortofkindaalmostbutno....

 

[SUPER X]

whats next Glock brand Organic Bubble Bath

 

[Xaevian]

H&K-bar soap, of course.

 

[Capn Jack]

I've been shooting, first with lead pellets and steel B-B's since the 5th grade. We kids almost always carried extras in our mouths for a quick reload, (Swallowed a few). I've been reloading and casting my own bullets most of my life, (I'll be 82 this year). My running days are over due to an auto accident, but I can still get out of bed under my own power, maintain two boats and two automobile's. The thing about lead, or anything else is treat it with respect, but don't be paranoid about it.

 

[gmerkt]

The other thing I don't like about coming home from a shooting session. The chore of cleaning the weapons. Especially gas guns. I won't just clean the bore and stick them back in storage. I have to take them apart and do it the right way. Call me a sissy again, but these days I put on latex gloves because there's a lot of mess generated by cleaning them right.

I used to do a lot of car work, mostly on older vehicles that had accumulated a lot of mileage and therefore a lot of "black velvet" (caked on oily dirt). And brake work which is always dirty. In the olden days, I worked with my hands unprotected. No mechanics I knew or observed used gloves. Those days are over, for working "technicians" and for me. Although I don't do much car work these days, any that I do is with latex gloves on.

 

[Mikej]

Yep, me and Mike have fishin shoulders...

Dang, didn't think about that. But I do have my father's slight build too. Quite a bit of physical work, lots of trail bike riding back in the day, but never did build any muscle that showed.