xenophon
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Ok, so as some of you know, I recently got into firearms, dove right in being a newbie, and I just got a glock 19 just over a week ago. I went to the range today for the second time since owning my first gun. The first trip to the range, there was no one there so I had the whole place to myself. This time, there was a guy in bay 2 firing what must have been a .45 judging from the big boom and big holes in his plastic winchester ammunition holder. So I go down to bay 7 (fartherest on the right) , wanting to keep my distance This is an indoor range with a 50 foot backstop, located in the basement of the gun shop. Very nice setup, and electronic target retrieval system. Anyways, I watch the guy shoot a round bullseye like target at the 50ft mark. Ok, so he's a good shot. I start my 9mm shooting at 7 yrds, and about 2 magazines into my shooting as I'm reloading, I feel a sting on my right arm, and look down to see a slight red mark. Something grazed me! Ok, I was a little shocked at first cuz I'm new to all this and all, but it did wake me up! I went right on with my business of loading up and kept on firing as usual, thinking to myself "now I know why I wear safety glasses." The guy in bay 2 finished up like 2 min. after I was grazed and was out the door. When I got grazed, the guy had his target about 25ft out, so I dunno *** happened, and I didn't mention anything to him because 1) I didn't get hurt and 2) I didn't think it would have mattered anyways, sh*t happens. My question(s) is was that a bullet fragment that came flying by? I have no idea what backstops are made of, but this place has concrete walls on both sides, and it looks like if you shoot too high, you hit a cement ledge above the stop (ok, that would have to be a VERY bad shot, but still) Are grazing like this common? I looked on the floor around/behind me, but only saw shell casing from my own gun. And this wasn't no shell casing that hit me, that son o b*tch had some velocity on it and left a good mark (that 6 hours later is gone). Don't worry, this slight incident didn't scare me off from ranges, I'm having too much fun as it is with my first gun.
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