Safety First: Close call today

[FlSwampRat]

Ouch. I always shoot with a baseball hat.

Personally, I use a gun, but each to their own.

I prefer a hat with a brim that goes all the way 'round. I've unconsciously leaned forward in the port and had rounds bounce off the back of my neck. Glad I was wearing a t-shirt and not a collared shirt that might catch the bullet.

 

[SRSTAdam21]

Here we are two months later. I have a scar that is going to stick with me from this. Cool story for the ladies.

 

[Double_J]

I have a pair of safety glasses that have a shard of aluminum embedded in the left side. I kept them after showing my boss (who laughed hard and said good job wearing them) and letting the rest of the site see them. that was our weekly safety demonstration and it was far more effective than the usual video. I will not shoot without good safety glasses, a hat, and a tight fitting shirt. Brass hurts when it hits the face or neck.

 

[gunlaw]

I had case head rupture on a 10mm. Thank God I was wearing protective glasses. I was picking shards of brass out of my cheek for a year. The glasses saved my eye.

 

[.308 Norma]

You can see how the case was stuck vertically. I took this pic about twenty min later in the truck. I was not wearing my hat while shooting.

Almost the same thing happened to my wife last summer, and we were shooting at the county gravel pit - no "walls" for a case to bounce off of. Nevertheless, a .380 case from her then new S&W Shield EZ landed on top of her glasses, and stayed there.
All she had to do was bend over, and it fell off. But it still left a red mark, and she learned to always include a simple ball cap in her shooting safety gear - right along with hearing and eye protection.

 

[Good Ol' Boy]

Glad you're ok.

Byproduct of the endeavor.

Most shooters aren't willing to wear goggles and short of that you're bound to get a hot casing somewhere that isnt pleasant every so often.

I personally think its worthwhile to be able to deal with that from time to time and be able to maintain your composure and gun, safely.

 

[LocoGringo]

I was qualifying with a M249 (shoots 5.56 also) and there was a barrier to the right to "round up" the brass and keep it from spraying over 3 states. Well, one piece of brass bounced just right so that it landed between my eyebrow, eyelid and upper cheek behind my glasses (no brimmed hat). I thought I had been stung by a wasp. I was prone and the gun was on its bipod so all I had to do was let go of the gun, jerk the glasses off and the brass fell free. I had a nice burn mark on my face that scabbed over after a while but fortunately no scar.

Another time, I was qualifying with fellow shooters and a piece of brass from the shooter next to me went down the back of my body armor and shirt and got stuck on my neck. I was prone, had already shot my rounds but could only lay there and scream. It hurts.

 

[jmorris]

Reminds me of the first .22 I got for Christmas when I was 11. The bottom eject Browning .22's shouldn't be held like this.



At least not with a long sleeve shirt that catches the brass as it ejects.

Life's little lessons, what doesn't kill us...

I was not wearing my hat while shooting.

I thought that was funny, with your avatar.

 

[.308 Norma]

The bottom eject Browning .22's shouldn't be held like this.

Neither should a bottom eject Model 55 Winchester .22 (10th birthday gift for me). The spent cases didn't make it as far as my shirtsleeve though. They simply dropped into the palm of my hand. I had a constant red spot in my left palm until I grew a little.

 

[MCFLYFYTER]

Being a welder and getting burned on a daily basis, I guess I never realized how panicky people can get.

 

[Ks5shooter]

I use a brass catcher when AR shooting indoors.

 

[4v50 Gary]

that's why I like hats and wrap around glasses. Glad it didn't touch the MK I eyeball.

 

[hdbiker]

I had my grandson out to my gun club pistol range shooting my 1911, he was about 12 at the time. He thought it would be fun trying to catch my spent cases and finally did catch one but didn't look it over for very long LOL hdbiker

 

[SwampWolf]

As hard as it might be to do, I live by the mantra "endure the burn until you can make the gun safe" (at least by laying it down with the muzzle pointed in a safe direction).

 

[CapnMac]

I used to have an AMT Hardballer with the annoying habit of, about every 20-25 rounds or so, pitching cases at 6 o'clock, typically ,center of forehead.
One time, one of those found just the right spot between shooting glasses bridge and underside of cap bill. Did not raise a welt--just felt like it should have.
However, that "feature" is one of the reasons it is "used to have."

 

[Swampman]

...chicks dig scars ...

Not always...

...worst is when a young lady gets one down the front of a v neck shirt.

 

[Howland937]

With one of my 1911's, I've found it better to wear loose fitting clothes. At least 5 out of 100 rounds ends up down my shirt. I just wiggle a little til it finds it way right on down and out of my pants leg. I did have had an occasion when using a torch overhead, melted steel hit my forehead, rolled down behind my glasses and melted through my eyelid into my eye before I had a chance to do anything about it. That kinda sucked. Glad your brass missed your important parts.