Reeder Custom Guns - I was riding the trail into home one dark night ..

Jim Taylor
I was riding the trail into home one dark night ..
Wednesday, February 02, 2022, 14:46

and my horse stopped and snorted at something in the trail. I couldn't see it but there was something there. Off to the left the mountain dropped sharply into the canyon and the right hillside was too steep to go up so I had to deal with whatever was bothering the horse.

I pulled my 454 Casull and fired and was instantly blind from the muzzle flash. I held a bit lower by feel and fired two more shots.

Then I knew what it was. And confirmed it a bit later. A family of skunks were in the road. The rocks and gravel the bullets threw up created enough shrapnel to take care of 3 or 4 of 'em. But man it stunk!

We made it through that and got home OK.

Night Ride - Jim Taylor, 2022-02-02, 13:52
- I know about memory's... - John Ammeter, 2022-02-02, 18:53
  - Thank you John .. - Jim Taylor, 2022-02-02, 19:46
- wonderful story , so well told ! thank you - cable, 2022-02-02, 14:53
- There's nothing quite like - AmBraCol, 2022-02-02, 14:40
- Great memories. Thank you. (nm) - Southern Boy, 2022-02-02, 14:15
- Boy that was a dandy. Almost along for the ride. - WB, 2022-02-02, 14:12
  - I was riding the trail into home one dark night .. - Jim Taylor, 2022-02-02, 14:46
    - being we are telling tales that are mostly true - Gary Reeder, 2022-02-02, 15:57
      - I imagine when you jumped... - AmBraCol, 2022-02-02, 17:35
      - No good deed goes unpunished. Great story! (nm) - Jim Taylor, 2022-02-02, 16:26
        Lol, man if you’d gotten bit! (nm) - WB, 2022-02-02, 17:21
        years ago I was bitten by a snake. I was visiting my parents - gary reeder, 2022-02-02, 22:37
        What stories! I handled Chicken snakes showing kids - WB, 2022-02-03, 09:33
    - When in doubt, - AmBraCol, 2022-02-02, 14:53
      - Great stories Gary and Jim!! (nm) - Derek, 2022-02-02, 17:12