Dave Markowitz
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M1 forefinger from loading my Garand with my left hand. (I'm a lefty).
Semicircular cuts on my face from brass coming out of an AR-180B.
Semicircular cuts on my face from brass coming out of an AR-180B.
What bodily damage have you received from your guns?
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charliemopic
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Havn't been shooting as long as you guys but I have loaded and shot a Garand, AR types, an assortment of revos, autos, rifles and 3 shot guns. Worst thing I've experienced is a pincvh from a lever gun, a bruised shoulder and an acheing thumb joint from an S&W 657 .41 mag.
For the past 22 years I've worked in a dangerous industrial plant that cannot go more than 2 weeks without a lost time injury and I've never had a so much as a first aid.
My flesh & bones are antiques and there aren't any replacements available so I pay my ten-hut the first time around.
Havn't been shooting as long as you guys but I have loaded and shot a Garand, AR types, an assortment of revos, autos, rifles and 3 shot guns. Worst thing I've experienced is a pincvh from a lever gun, a bruised shoulder and an acheing thumb joint from an S&W 657 .41 mag.
For the past 22 years I've worked in a dangerous industrial plant that cannot go more than 2 weeks without a lost time injury and I've never had a so much as a first aid.
My flesh & bones are antiques and there aren't any replacements available so I pay my ten-hut the first time around.
Team American
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Royal Order of the M1 thumb, also....and a perfect outline of a hot 30-06 brass that got caught between my t-shirt neck and collarbone. I will not wear t-shirts to the range after that one! 
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The M1 bolt had my full attention and respect, the first time I ever loaded one. And my attention has remained focused ever since...I've avoided M1 thumb.
I've always been fortunate with scope bite. Has only happened once with no cut.
Touched a hot barrel a time or three. Just minor burns, though. Blood blister or five. Minor abrasions from semi-auto pistols in the web of my hand...no scarring.
My major injury came from shooting my .35 Whelen for the first time. Carolina Precision Rifle built on a 1909 Argentine Mauser action. It has a much lighter trigger than my other rifles. Come to find out, I had developed a bad habit. I put my finger on the trigger before shouldering the rifle or acquiring a target. Boom! The stock was a couple of inches from my shoulder. The heel of the buttstock was moving pretty good when it hit the point of my shoulder. I shot a few more times but my shoulder was painful. So I switched over to my M1A. After ten rounds, I decided that was too painful, too. Took Motrin an put on an ice pack. Took a nap and woke up with a hematoma the size of half an orange. A week later, my arm was solid purple to my elbow. Two weeks and I had green and purple to my wrist.
I'm aware of my trigger finger, now.
I've always been fortunate with scope bite. Has only happened once with no cut.
Touched a hot barrel a time or three. Just minor burns, though. Blood blister or five. Minor abrasions from semi-auto pistols in the web of my hand...no scarring.
My major injury came from shooting my .35 Whelen for the first time. Carolina Precision Rifle built on a 1909 Argentine Mauser action. It has a much lighter trigger than my other rifles. Come to find out, I had developed a bad habit. I put my finger on the trigger before shouldering the rifle or acquiring a target. Boom! The stock was a couple of inches from my shoulder. The heel of the buttstock was moving pretty good when it hit the point of my shoulder. I shot a few more times but my shoulder was painful. So I switched over to my M1A. After ten rounds, I decided that was too painful, too. Took Motrin an put on an ice pack. Took a nap and woke up with a hematoma the size of half an orange. A week later, my arm was solid purple to my elbow. Two weeks and I had green and purple to my wrist.
I'm aware of my trigger finger, now.
ConcernedCitizen
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Well, I happen to have 2 nice scars from an STG-58 FAL that decided to self destruct while I was shooting it. (This was an ammunition failure, not the rifle's fault at all.)
I have a scar on my left palm, right at the base of the index finger, where my palm got shredded when the barrel blew completely off the receiver. I had some serious powder burns, and plenty of brass and steel shrapnel from that.
I also have a scar on my right forearm where I was hit by the bolt carrier, as it flew out and to the right when the side of the receiver blew out. It left a large hole where the base of the bolt carrier hit, and a perfect outline of the rat tail stretching down towards my elbow. I never did find the bolt carrier or the top cover...
Here's a detailed thread, with pictures of the destroyed receiver, for those interested:
http://www.falfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=142685
I have since learned to be very cautious about what type of ammunition I feed my firearms. It is a mistake I do NOT care to repeat.
I have a scar on my left palm, right at the base of the index finger, where my palm got shredded when the barrel blew completely off the receiver. I had some serious powder burns, and plenty of brass and steel shrapnel from that.
I also have a scar on my right forearm where I was hit by the bolt carrier, as it flew out and to the right when the side of the receiver blew out. It left a large hole where the base of the bolt carrier hit, and a perfect outline of the rat tail stretching down towards my elbow. I never did find the bolt carrier or the top cover...
Here's a detailed thread, with pictures of the destroyed receiver, for those interested:
http://www.falfiles.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=142685
I have since learned to be very cautious about what type of ammunition I feed my firearms. It is a mistake I do NOT care to repeat.
Don't ask. Seriously.
If anyone ever tells you Gamo doesn't build a decent pellet gun, you show 'em this. Clean through a Doc Marten, sock, and directly into my big toe bone. Two days in the hospital (after trying to dig it out with needlenose pliers, two days of saying, "I don't need no hospital!", and a half bottle of ibuprofen), 102 degree fever, intravenous antibiotics, and a hefty medical bill. Chunks of sock and boot in the bone are apparently no joke.
Oh, and I've got a nice scar on the web between my thumb and index finger from my Sistema.
ETA: Forgot to mention, don't bring your K31 off your shoulder when you work the bolt. Took a hot piece of brass right up the nose doing that.
Proud to be a cautionary tale!
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If anyone ever tells you Gamo doesn't build a decent pellet gun, you show 'em this. Clean through a Doc Marten, sock, and directly into my big toe bone. Two days in the hospital (after trying to dig it out with needlenose pliers, two days of saying, "I don't need no hospital!", and a half bottle of ibuprofen), 102 degree fever, intravenous antibiotics, and a hefty medical bill. Chunks of sock and boot in the bone are apparently no joke.
Oh, and I've got a nice scar on the web between my thumb and index finger from my Sistema.
ETA: Forgot to mention, don't bring your K31 off your shoulder when you work the bolt. Took a hot piece of brass right up the nose doing that.
Proud to be a cautionary tale!
S/F
Farnham
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Concerned - thx for the FalFiles link - that is quite a rivetting thread!
ConcernedCitizen
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P95Carry said:Concerned - thx for the FalFiles link - that is quite a rivetting thread!
No problem!
I always like to share my story, in the hope that it may someday save somebody from a similar fate.
Meplat
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pax said:
LOL...I was at the range on a HOT Dixie day when an errant piece of nine mm brass decided to find it's way into the tank top I was wearing. Smelled burning hair, then the odor of singed skin before any nerve endings registered a malfunction. Looked down, saw the brass clinging to my well done skin, then the ol' nervous system said "Meplat, we have a problem."
U.S.SFC_RET
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Burning brass left a burnt mark on my left cheek face on the M16 rifle range from the guy to the left of me.
Rock_Steady
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.22 brass landing on top of my right ear from a walther p22. Right in the little crook where it hooks on the rest of you. What are the odds?
M-16 cleaning, "buddy" bumping the bolt release while I was digging around in there. Colorful expressions.
My personal fave: driving the M-113 Armored personnel carrier and having my tank commander rain hot brass down on my from ol' ma deuce without the brass catcher in place. Right down the back of my BDU shirt - wow. There isn't much room to dance in that little hatch.
Last, but the most fun, was a 12-guage loaded with rock salt during my youth - it does break the skin, and it does burn......and no, I shouldn't have been fishing on that man's property.
M-16 cleaning, "buddy" bumping the bolt release while I was digging around in there. Colorful expressions.
My personal fave: driving the M-113 Armored personnel carrier and having my tank commander rain hot brass down on my from ol' ma deuce without the brass catcher in place. Right down the back of my BDU shirt - wow. There isn't much room to dance in that little hatch.
Last, but the most fun, was a 12-guage loaded with rock salt during my youth - it does break the skin, and it does burn......and no, I shouldn't have been fishing on that man's property.
Devon
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15 years ago, on active duty in the Army, M2 mounted on an M88A1 at Grafenvoehr (sp?). Our crew of 4 had each just fired a couple boxes each. I climbed down the front of the vehicle very shortly after and that barrel was a great handhold:banghead: . I left a little charred skin on that barrel. My hand was blistered from heel to fingertips.
rero360
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I almost burned myself real good with a Ma Duce, we just got done putting about 1000 rounds through it and we were policing the brass and brushed my arm up against the barrel, don't think I've ever moved that fast before.
this didn't happen to me but we had a guy in the 11 charlie platoon (I'm 11B) who was doing a live fire and didn't drop his hands after dropping a round in the tube, 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his palms and got a bunch of shallow cuts from the fins on the round. we got in trouble for calling him que-tip, it was pretty funny watching him walk around with both hands wrapped up in gauze. He later got kicked out on a section 8.
this didn't happen to me but we had a guy in the 11 charlie platoon (I'm 11B) who was doing a live fire and didn't drop his hands after dropping a round in the tube, 2nd and 3rd degree burns on his palms and got a bunch of shallow cuts from the fins on the round. we got in trouble for calling him que-tip, it was pretty funny watching him walk around with both hands wrapped up in gauze. He later got kicked out on a section 8.
CombatArmsUSAF
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I am telling you, when you deal with machine guns you can't help but get bit. When we were still using the M60 I damn near got a chunk taken out of my right hand every time I handled the damn thing. (Small charging handle; Forced you to ride your hand on the receiver.)
Other than that, I got a nice black fingernail from my beretta last week.
Numerous case burns, powder burns, etc.. from working on a range every day.
Oh Yeah, I had a student slam my finger in an M16 when she let go of the charging handle with my finger still inside. Luckily I kind of expected it and pulled out fast enough to not be called stumpy.
Other than that, I got a nice black fingernail from my beretta last week.
Numerous case burns, powder burns, etc.. from working on a range every day.
Oh Yeah, I had a student slam my finger in an M16 when she let go of the charging handle with my finger still inside. Luckily I kind of expected it and pulled out fast enough to not be called stumpy.
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Nothing much here except for sore thumbs from relaoding magazines
tuckerdog1
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Ashamed to say
last weekend was shooting my FA 454 from a rest. Paying too much attention with hitting the target, and not enough attention with controlling the recoil. Now have a nice lump on my forehead with a mark that looks just like the hammer spur. It also broke my favorite shooting glasses.
Tuckerdog1
last weekend was shooting my FA 454 from a rest. Paying too much attention with hitting the target, and not enough attention with controlling the recoil. Now have a nice lump on my forehead with a mark that looks just like the hammer spur. It also broke my favorite shooting glasses.
Tuckerdog1
smokemaker
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During AF basic, during rifle quals "so cheesy, AF rifle training" I had a hot 5.56mm empty land inside the cuff of my BDU's, and got a nice blister from it because I had to maintain "fire discipline".
I've shot several Ruger Stupidblackhawks, and every one of 'em bashes my knuckle with that awful squared-off trigger gaurd..
I've shot several Ruger Stupidblackhawks, and every one of 'em bashes my knuckle with that awful squared-off trigger gaurd..
Hardtarget
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I have recieved the obligatory scope cut in my eyebrow. More than my share of hot brass reminders...and a smallscuff from my Dad's little take down Browning .22 semi auto. It ejects out the bottom and the first time I shot it I had my hand way too far under the action. All in all, nothing much.
Mark.
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Molon Labe
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My FAL blew up in my face. My face was covered with hundreds of blood dots.
ConcernedCitizen
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Molon Labe said:
How about some details, Molon Labe?
What kind of FAL, and what kind of ammo? What part of the rifle was damaged?
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