Neanderpundit

there are several kinds of nerve endings. Some, like the Pacinian corpuscles and the Meissner corpuscles, respond to vibration. Others, like the Krause corpuscles and Ruffini endings, respond to pressure. Some “Free” nerve endings are specific to heat and other sensations.

There is no”I’ve been shot” nerve ending. SO when that buckshot birdshot hits you your nerves don’t know what sensation to send you. In their confusion they often send a signal for “Heat”, which is why people often say a GSW burns.

I never felt too much from the buckshot birdshot I accumulated in the process of disputes over produce, but I can tell you for sure, that when Dad takes out that pocketknife and digs the shot out it’s not as gentle as it might be. All part of the learning experience, I suppose. And sitting in a bathtub soaking out bits of rock salt is not particularly fun, either.

From “Franks Wild years” by Tom Waits.

Then, watch this:
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my hands on my first double, I was just crazy drunk with excitement. Not a week has gone by that I have not spent some of it with the double, and I love holding it yet.

My benefactor, the man who took me to Africa and provided me with the double, has long known that I lust after a double in 500 nitro, but in the beginning he was only able to get the 45-70 which indeed pleased me mightily.

Recently, on doing some more work for the same company, he was able to acquire a 500 nitro, which he let me shoot Saturday and shipped it to me yesterday and it is on my lap as I type. This is what the Brown Truck of Goodness delievered to my local FFL at around noon.

It’s an ejector 500 with an extra set of barrels in 45-70.

I have about broken my face grinning. And when I shot it Saturday, it just about yanked the gun clean out of my hands the first time. I gripped tighter and enjoyed the recoil therapy.