Okay, this particular post in the bitchifieds is a little tongue and cheek. A few months ago, while helping my 14 year old daughter at the range move up to larger, centerfire handgun calibers, I managed to stupidly get myself a nasty slide bite. Then, a few weeks after that, while waiting in front of the range for them to open one Saturday morning, I get stung by a bee.

So today, I'm on the lane at the far end, against the wall, when my shooting buddy notices that a large spider is about to make a little jaunt over from the wall to my shoulder. Turned out it was a black widow.

I'm just saying, who knew shooting guns could be dangerous?

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Originally posted by davbog44:...
I'm just saying, who knew shooting guns could be dangerous?

I got a paper cut from a target.

A bull snake ran out in front of some good ol boys when I was stationed down south, two of them ran into a tree!

I've been having shooters wrist, and trigger finger spasms.

Ive had a round bounce back and hit me in the leg. It only left a black and blue mark. Other than that ive never had an issue!

I got a splinter fron a wooden target holder.

My wife got hot brass down the front of the shirt

I got hot brass down my collar. The only real damage was to my image when I did the stupid, "Ow, Ow, Ow" white boy dance immediately afterward. That and a small burn.

I dropped a .50cal ammo can full of loose .223 on my toe once.

You shot the spider, right?

I have a nice scar on my thumb to remind me of the need to watch thumb placement while shooting a Glock.

I once saw a guy staple his finger to the target backer board.

I bruised my ego on a Slow Fire, Standing target once.

OK, more than once.

Copper jacket came back and bit my bicep on a steel shoot. Looked like a mosquito bite with a little dribble of blood.

Hot brass has gotten into my glasses from a guy shooting .22 next to me at an outdoor range (no lane dividers), and I've had my own come back and pop me in the face.

Yeah, got a dose of slide bite from a P7 a couple of days ago. And here I thought it was due to the fact that HK hates everyone except Daniel Craig.

Move east for Christ's sake. We don't have Black Widows in Pennsylvania. Well, not the spiders, anyway.

Set a ball cap on fire when a spent casing broke the flood light of the lane I was in.

I think you should sell all your Sigs to me!

My P220/22LR pistol came with the older, grooved trigger... after shooting a brick of ammo, my finger is sore...

My brother hit me in the head with a wood stake we use to hold targets. He found it amusing.

I also managed to get drilled in the for head by a mainspring in a 1911 once.

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I'm just saying, who knew shooting guns could be dangerous?

Stupidity is dangerous no matter what the activity.