QuarterBoreGunner
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Wow- the 'antis' are RIGHT!
This is dangerous stuff.
This is dangerous stuff.
Have you ever been injured while shooting?
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I had my DCM garand slam fire on me. Trashed the rifle and the op rod handle ripped my palm open and left me with a nice "L" shaped scar. Never did find the back of the reciever.
Speaking of M1 thumb, how about M1 thumb torture. Place your thumb on the follower, depress and release the bolt onto your thumb till its got it nice and tight, extend your arm straight out thumb down with rifle attached. Now stand there until your dad tells you to put your arm down. My dad was a lifer in Uncle Sams Misguided Childrens, this was one of the "motivational" lessons we learned if you did something stupid. Believe me, you learn quick.
Speaking of M1 thumb, how about M1 thumb torture. Place your thumb on the follower, depress and release the bolt onto your thumb till its got it nice and tight, extend your arm straight out thumb down with rifle attached. Now stand there until your dad tells you to put your arm down. My dad was a lifer in Uncle Sams Misguided Childrens, this was one of the "motivational" lessons we learned if you did something stupid. Believe me, you learn quick.
Jesse H
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Wore a blister on my trigger finger from a long shooting session of +Ps.
Wore a blister recently from doing alot of practice drawing.
Numerous accounts of brass smacking my forehead.
Wore a blister recently from doing alot of practice drawing.
Numerous accounts of brass smacking my forehead.
Stevie-Ray
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While shooting a friend's .44 Mag to compare it with mine, (certainly better trigger than my Redhawk!) I was getting the obligatory flecks in the face that seem to come from especially cheap lead reloads, and suggested he try the PMC 240 gr JHPs I was shooting. I loaded his gun to demonstrate. First round gave me a bleeding cheek due to jacket being shaved off by the forcing cone. I unloaded the gun and told him to have it smithed for timing. I think he was secretly glad it was me instead of him.
On a more humorous note, about 3 weeks ago, I took my carry .45 and my Delta Elite to my favorite range. I seem to get alot of .45 ACP brass down my shirt and the only time it really burns is when it sticks in my collar against my neck, otherwise the low-pressure round cools off pretty fast. Not so, the high -pressure 10. In the middle of a magazine from my Delta, seemingly in slow motion, the spent brass lofted over my head in a perfect arc with it's course set on the back of my collar, and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. Not only did it hit it's target, but it seemed to not hit anything on the way down to it's final resting place against my back at the beltline. I'm pretty sure I could hear the case sizzling against me. I immediately safed the gun and layed it down on the firing line and commenced backing up and grasping, tearing, jumping, and finally dislodging the offending case, and proceeded to throw it into the can. (Didn't even save it for reloading; that'll teach it!) As I started to get redressed, I looked up to see the whole range laughing their a**es off, including the spectators behind the glass, some of whom were clapping and stomping their feet, ala 3 Stooges.
On a more humorous note, about 3 weeks ago, I took my carry .45 and my Delta Elite to my favorite range. I seem to get alot of .45 ACP brass down my shirt and the only time it really burns is when it sticks in my collar against my neck, otherwise the low-pressure round cools off pretty fast. Not so, the high -pressure 10. In the middle of a magazine from my Delta, seemingly in slow motion, the spent brass lofted over my head in a perfect arc with it's course set on the back of my collar, and there wasn't a damn thing I could do about it. Not only did it hit it's target, but it seemed to not hit anything on the way down to it's final resting place against my back at the beltline. I'm pretty sure I could hear the case sizzling against me. I immediately safed the gun and layed it down on the firing line and commenced backing up and grasping, tearing, jumping, and finally dislodging the offending case, and proceeded to throw it into the can. (Didn't even save it for reloading; that'll teach it!) As I started to get redressed, I looked up to see the whole range laughing their a**es off, including the spectators behind the glass, some of whom were clapping and stomping their feet, ala 3 Stooges.
dickwholliday
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before i knew better i shot a gong with 223 at 25 yards....got a chunk of bullet (or gong) in my neck......went to ortho doctor buddy of mine with Xray and he saw it and said it would be ok to leave it in my dumbass......years later i reached deductable on insurance and had surgeon take it out........
just remembered ....the day or two after surgery i was shaving up close to it with electric razor and caught a stitch in the razor.................ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZip and it pulled all the stitches out like a zipper.......was too ashamed to go back to i just put a butterfly pad on it.........
A buddy was an RO at an IPSC match and while watching a shooter clear his paraord 40 cal....the round hit the ejector and exploded in the port........blew a hole in his favorite shirt....trip to hospital to get part of casing removed from chest......DICK
just remembered ....the day or two after surgery i was shaving up close to it with electric razor and caught a stitch in the razor.................ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZip and it pulled all the stitches out like a zipper.......was too ashamed to go back to i just put a butterfly pad on it.........
A buddy was an RO at an IPSC match and while watching a shooter clear his paraord 40 cal....the round hit the ejector and exploded in the port........blew a hole in his favorite shirt....trip to hospital to get part of casing removed from chest......DICK
SquirrelNuts
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Lemme think...
Burn from ejected brass from a HK rifle about 30 feet from me.
Bruise from 12 ga.
Cut on face from scope after firing.
Fat lip from folder SKS trying to fire it as a SMG.
Mark on hand where my Glock slide hit it trying to help a new shooter aim.
Knot on my left hand from shooting .30-06 with a Harris bipod when it was cold. I could not feel the bipod hitting my hand it was so cold.
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Burn from ejected brass from a HK rifle about 30 feet from me.
Bruise from 12 ga.
Cut on face from scope after firing.
Fat lip from folder SKS trying to fire it as a SMG.
Mark on hand where my Glock slide hit it trying to help a new shooter aim.
Knot on my left hand from shooting .30-06 with a Harris bipod when it was cold. I could not feel the bipod hitting my hand it was so cold.
-SquirrelNuts
Mike Irwin
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OK, folks, Larry wins!
Hands down!
Hands down!
When I first bought my Mossberg 500 Persuader [Cruiser Edition] -- BTW, this is the one that comes with the pistol grip installed, and heat shield -- also 7 round? mag, and 20" barrel -- I had quite an incident.
I decided I would take it out and shoot [at] clay targets with it, with a friend releasing the targets. I put the shotgun up, took aim -- told myself I was holding it tightly enough, then boom -- it came back, and I punched myself in the lower lip. Blood going everywhere, lip was messed up pretty badly.
I went over to the jeep and got out the first aid kit and water bottle. After cleaning up the mess, I just stuffed some gauze in my mouth, and said in a rather muffled voice: "Okay, let's try that again." It hasn't happened again since -- and now I know not to be that stupid.
TD
I decided I would take it out and shoot [at] clay targets with it, with a friend releasing the targets. I put the shotgun up, took aim -- told myself I was holding it tightly enough, then boom -- it came back, and I punched myself in the lower lip. Blood going everywhere, lip was messed up pretty badly.
I went over to the jeep and got out the first aid kit and water bottle. After cleaning up the mess, I just stuffed some gauze in my mouth, and said in a rather muffled voice: "Okay, let's try that again." It hasn't happened again since -- and now I know not to be that stupid.
TD
Devonai
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My good friend went away to college and left his Winchester 94 in the hands of his childhood friend. We went up to his parent's place in 1996 to visit and his friend brought over the Winchester. Now this particular rifle had a scope on it... a scope that had been readjusted since my friend last fired it.
My friend settled in for a shot, and got his forehead carved open by the scope. Fourteen stitches later his friend was still apologizing for failing to mention the change. Ouch.
My friend settled in for a shot, and got his forehead carved open by the scope. Fourteen stitches later his friend was still apologizing for failing to mention the change. Ouch.
Schuey2002
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Not yet. [ still knockin' on wood.]
illuminatus99
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got nailed by a scope right on the bridge of my nose, I was shooting a hot loaded marlin lever .45-70 and somehow it came off of my shoulder and got me, this was only the 2nd rifle I'd ever shot, the other being an M-14 that same day, after a few hours it was still not done bleeding so I went to the ER and got a couple of stitches. obvious the experience didn't discourage me from getting into shooting and since then I've always held a rifle in nice and tight.
yankytrash
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OUCH!, That gotta hurt!!
45King
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Back in '93 I was at a steel challenge match and a jacket fragment ricocheted off a plate and caught me in the leg. It stung and bled a little for about 30 seconds, but it was no biggie. I had it checked out and decided that it might be more harmful to try and remove it than just let it be. So far, so good.
I once had powder residue blow back into my right eye in spite of having glasses on. Had to go to the eye doc and have him clean it out. He didn't believe I was wearing glasses, but I was. I distinctly remember seeing this bit of something coming right back at the lens of my glasses, and just as it hit the lens, the wind picked it up, took it over the top of the frame, and then dropped in directly into my eye. That was the last time I wore aviator style glasses while shooting. Now I prefer Gargoyles 85's because they give such a wide area of coverage but still allow enough room for air to circulate (I quickly fog up glasses if they fit too close.)
I once had powder residue blow back into my right eye in spite of having glasses on. Had to go to the eye doc and have him clean it out. He didn't believe I was wearing glasses, but I was. I distinctly remember seeing this bit of something coming right back at the lens of my glasses, and just as it hit the lens, the wind picked it up, took it over the top of the frame, and then dropped in directly into my eye. That was the last time I wore aviator style glasses while shooting. Now I prefer Gargoyles 85's because they give such a wide area of coverage but still allow enough room for air to circulate (I quickly fog up glasses if they fit too close.)
Couple of BB gun mishaps:
As a kid, I had a Crossman M-1 Carbine BB gun that cocked...get this...by pushing the barrel into the receiver! You'd grasp the barrell, pull it about 6 inches rearward, push it back forward, then shoot, sort of like a pump action, but the barrel itself moved. Well, after a while you tend to loop your index finger around the front sight to get better leverage, and if you think about the configuration of the M-1 carbine, you see that puts your finger VERY close to the muzzle. In a rapid fire session...you guessed it...took a BB off the tip of my left index finger. Hurt like a hammer blow! Broke the skin, but didn't imbed.
I don't think I know of anyone who owned a Red Ryder BB gun who didn't fire it (once!) with the lever open...talk about pain!
As a kid, I had a Crossman M-1 Carbine BB gun that cocked...get this...by pushing the barrel into the receiver! You'd grasp the barrell, pull it about 6 inches rearward, push it back forward, then shoot, sort of like a pump action, but the barrel itself moved. Well, after a while you tend to loop your index finger around the front sight to get better leverage, and if you think about the configuration of the M-1 carbine, you see that puts your finger VERY close to the muzzle. In a rapid fire session...you guessed it...took a BB off the tip of my left index finger. Hurt like a hammer blow! Broke the skin, but didn't imbed.
I don't think I know of anyone who owned a Red Ryder BB gun who didn't fire it (once!) with the lever open...talk about pain!
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Once while waiting on the sidelines to reset pins in a bowling pin shoot, I had a 115 grain full jacketed 9mm come off the shooters pin and hit me right between the eyes. The wire bridge of my shooting glasses were bent and at first it just bled a drop, but quickly turned into a steady flow. Got it stopped by applying cold and went to the emergency room. (wife insisted) Happened on April 1 and at first the hospital thought it was some kind of joke. Got 4 stitches, found the bullet and made a nice necklace out of it. The guy that fired the gun, never shot pins again. I tried to explain that these things happen and it's all part of the game, but he was too freaked out. Anyway, it makes for an interesting story and not many belong to this "club." Also, have a nice little scar to show off too.
Edward429451
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Just the usual 45 hammerbite on web of hand and my knuckle gets piunded from the square triggerguard of the SBH.
I'm not yet a member of the half moon club.
I'm not yet a member of the half moon club.
Ol' Badger
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I friend shot me in the B*lls with a BB gun. He thought it would be funny. But revenge was mind, well kind of. He ended up being a wife beater and she poured boiling oil on his crotch after Raping her one night. And this is what it looked like when he looked down 
Pappy John
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14 years old...groundhog hunting with a scoped Savage Model 24 with a .22 mag barrel over a 20 ga. 3"mag barrel. I had my eye really screwed down to the scope expecting the .22 mag to go off, but had the hammer lever in the wrong position. I remember to this day the bright yellow ball of fire that I saw in the scope... or was that seeing stars? Lotsa blood...still got a half moon scar in my right eyebrow.
meathammer
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Infamous spent brass down the shirt, tore a flap of skin on my thumb shooting two boxes of full power .44 mag hunting loads (I was gripping way too tight, learned my lesson). Kept on shooting though!
Oh, and back when I was younger (and stupider ) I grabbed the barrel on a Mini 14 after some sustained rapid fire. I left some skin on the barrel after that brilliant move. :banghead: Ouch!
Oh, and back when I was younger (and stupider
) I grabbed the barrel on a Mini 14 after some sustained rapid fire. I left some skin on the barrel after that brilliant move. :banghead: Ouch!Combat-wombat
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My dad put a .357 in our S&W m19 (2-inch Barrel) when he thought it was a .38, put his hand too close to the gap and... BANG! He wasnt anticipating that much recoil, (keep in mind, its a short barrel) his hand flew back, and he burned his thumb/index finger.
Rockrivr1
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My Dad had a serious hunting accident some years back. He was up in New Hampshire at the time. My Dad was getting a little tired while trecking though the woods so he leaned against a rock, which had thick brush up against it. The brush made some noise which some J***A** on the other side took for a deer coming through the brush. Without checking to see what it was, the JA shot into the brush effectively hitting my dad with a shot load in the back. My Dad was down and bleeding bad when the guy came running around the brush. He was still awake though.
When the JA saw my dad he froze. My Dad was to weak to say anything at the time. The JA started to bolt, but then stopped after a few paces. My Dad always says that was when he was most scared. He knew if the JA took off he'd be dead. The JA turned into a man at that point and came back to may Dad. My Dad isn't the smallest guy in the world, but the JA tried to stop the bleeding best he could and then half dragged half carried him out of the woods.
My Dad spent a lot of time in the hospital and to this day he still has 2 pellets in his back. They were to close to his spine and the doctors were afraid of paralizing him if they tried to get them out. During the summer time when my Dad has his shirt off you can still see the entry wounds in his back. It's ok though, they match the huge scar he has on his chest from his open heart operation he had as well.
Oh, the JA was arrested but got off with a slap on the wrist.
Morale of the story, you never know who's out there with a gun. Still to this day I have no idea why the guy was using shot. But, if he had shot my dad with a slug, well then I'd probably not have a Dad right now.
Oh yeah, and never accidentally lean against some brush while sitting on a rock!
When the JA saw my dad he froze. My Dad was to weak to say anything at the time. The JA started to bolt, but then stopped after a few paces. My Dad always says that was when he was most scared. He knew if the JA took off he'd be dead. The JA turned into a man at that point and came back to may Dad. My Dad isn't the smallest guy in the world, but the JA tried to stop the bleeding best he could and then half dragged half carried him out of the woods.
My Dad spent a lot of time in the hospital and to this day he still has 2 pellets in his back. They were to close to his spine and the doctors were afraid of paralizing him if they tried to get them out. During the summer time when my Dad has his shirt off you can still see the entry wounds in his back. It's ok though, they match the huge scar he has on his chest from his open heart operation he had as well.
Oh, the JA was arrested but got off with a slap on the wrist.
Morale of the story, you never know who's out there with a gun. Still to this day I have no idea why the guy was using shot. But, if he had shot my dad with a slug, well then I'd probably not have a Dad right now.
Oh yeah, and never accidentally lean against some brush while sitting on a rock!
45R
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I had a hot casing go down my back once. It was only a minor flesh wound.
Rockrivr1,
What a chilling story.
My 13 year old read it over my shoulder, and his entire comment was, "What an idiot. That's why you're supposed to be sure of your target!" The kid's been lectured about gun safety, of course, but your dad's story really brought it home to him.
Thanks for posting it.
pax
You know how dumb the average guy is? Well, by definition, half of them are even dumber than that. -- J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs
What a chilling story.
My 13 year old read it over my shoulder, and his entire comment was, "What an idiot. That's why you're supposed to be sure of your target!" The kid's been lectured about gun safety, of course, but your dad's story really brought it home to him.
Thanks for posting it.
pax
You know how dumb the average guy is? Well, by definition, half of them are even dumber than that. -- J.R. 'Bob' Dobbs
coonan357
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oh least I forget Do Not shoot rubber bowling balls with roundnose bullets , they bounce right back at you , ask my buddy al cought it in the forehead with a .44 mag bullet , stung and an big a**ed red welt thank goodness he shot it at 50 feet instead of being closer .
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