When I was a young puppy,,,
A friend of mine called and asked to borrow a rifle,,,
He had a skunk in his back yard.
The only rifle I had shells for was a British .303.
Half an hour later I heard the rifle go off,,,
10 minutes later I smelled that distinctive odor,,,
My friend was in my front yard reeking of dead skunk.
Apparently the skunk hid under an old truck,,,
He got on the ground and held the rifle within a foot of the stinker.
Plenty of gun cleaner eventually got the smell off of the metal,,,
I stripped the stock and soaked it in tomato juice,,,
Nothing would get the smell out of the wood,,,
I had to buy a new stock for it.
Maybe it was just my imagination,,,
But I swear I could always detect a tinge of skunk.
Aarond