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Originally posted by arcwelder76:
I dropped a .50cal ammo can full of loose .223 on my toe once.


I did the same damn thing, barefooted. Thank God it came down flat. Still hurt like hell but no thing broken and scared the shit out of me. Dumbass!!


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The worst thing I've experienced is a few hot shells in the face.
 
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I once saw a guy staple his finger to the target backer board.


I think that was me. That hurt!!! (Actually, holding the backer board from behind, finger at the wrong spot.)
 
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Good News for all of you who have been injured in such incidents.

I offer a service, AT NO COST TO YOU, that will remove these dangerous objects and place them in a safe location where they will do no further harm. If budgets are tight I can even take care of shipping costs.

Who loves ya, Baby? Big Grin


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I have had 3 or 4 ricochets from indoor ranges hit me and leave nice cuts. The most injured I ever got was shooting IDPA with a 239 I grabbed the gut from my holster waaay to high on the gun and when it went off, the slide mauled the webbing of my hand between my thumb and first finger. It's not actually webbed like a frog or anything.. screw it you know what I mean
 
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I was teaching a friend how to shoot, and she had the odd casing bounce off the wall and drop straight down her shirt to get stuck in her bra.

She was distraught and started to swing towards me w/ a loaded 45. Fortunately I was able to relieve her of the 45 and then selflessly Big Grin offered my assistance in retrieving the offending casing. She politely declined, but it turns out that she did have a very minor burn. After a few days, all was well.

Lesson learned - no more v-neck shirts at the range.


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I had a casing bouce back and get stuck in the small space between my glasses and my eyelid. The skin is so thin there it seared a decent bit of it and took about 3 weeks to heal. Also, I couldn't see out of the eye for a few days from the swelling.
 
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Originally posted by Patriot_1776:
I was teaching a friend how to shoot, and she had the odd casing bounce off the wall and drop straight down her shirt to get stuck in her bra.

She was distraught and started to swing towards me w/ a loaded 45. Fortunately I was able to relieve her of the 45 and then selflessly Big Grin offered my assistance in retrieving the offending casing. She politely declined, but it turns out that she did have a very minor burn. After a few days, all was well.

Lesson learned - no more v-neck shirts at the range.
Or sandles/flip flops.

Day at the range, some rube and his girl are in the lane next to me. She's at the line, and one of her casings drops in between her toes. I was two seconds away from drawing out on my own target when, I saw her pistol swing for my head. The dude was less than happy that I snatched it from her hands, but didn't make much of a scene.


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

I think that was me.
 
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Or sandles/flip flops...


I've done that a few times. To my credit, I managed to keep the gun pointed downrange and my finger off the trigger while hopping around on one foot. I've had some sort of ricochet hit my toe while wearing sandals as well, but it was moving too slow to do any damage.

My wife got seriously messed up by a Ruger .454 Casull. She bruised the webbing of her hand shooting just one or two rounds, and the bruise turned into a cyst. She had to have surgery to get it removed. That really sucked.

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Well about 30 years ago I got a slide bite out my Colt 1911. Bought a new 1911 the other day and wouldn't you know it, yes Murphys Law, slide bite, ouch, very embarrasing considering I was showing the pistol to a buddy who is a LEO. John Browning had more tricks up his sleeve then most people realize, just to keep us on the ball. Bill


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A brass ejected from my P220 bounced off the wall to my right and landed on the back of my neck. I really don't like hot brass on my neck.
 
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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.

Same here, just different caliber. Ouch!


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I was teaching a friend how to shoot, and she had the odd casing bounce off the wall and drop straight down her shirt to get stuck in her bra.

She was distraught and started to swing towards me w/ a loaded 45. Fortunately I was able to relieve her of the 45 and then selflessly Big Grin offered my assistance in retrieving the offending casing. She politely declined, but it turns out that she did have a very minor burn. After a few days, all was well.

Lesson learned - no more v-neck shirts at the range.


This is why I encourage my female friends to shoot topless... less dangerous. Wink


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So am I the only idiot out there who's guilty of getting his face too close to the scope on his 30-06? I have a scar and a broken pair of sunglasses to show for it.


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

OK, more than once.



HAHAHAHAHAHAHA That was a good one. (Me too.)


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So am I the only idiot out there who's guilty of getting his face too close to the scope on his 30-06? I have a scar and a broken pair of sunglasses to show for it.


It depends on how many times you've done it... Wink


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Anybody ever jamb a loose copper bristle, from a cleaning brush, under a finger nail?

Garand thumb anyone?


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Anybody ever jamb a loose copper bristle, from a cleaning brush, under a finger nail?

Garand thumb anyone?


Okay, that hurt just reading your post.


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