What happens when the guy next to you lobs a fresh 9mm case down your shirt.

About 50 years ago I took my newly acquired mod 41 to the range. I did fairly well with it, but it was chucking spent cases back at me. One case spun up and then down and landed base first and stuck to the tip of my Jimmy Durante style nose. Far from a deadly wound but when I pulled it off it removed 3 layers of skin. It took forever to heal and ruined my chances with the many females that heretofore had admired my beak.
 
Just suck it up and keep your pistol pointed down range.

I always recommend shooter also wear a ball cap to keep hot brass from wedging between shoot glasses and eyebrows.
 
NYlakesider said:
As a retired long time welder I'm well used to those little heat type nuisances. You tend to instinctively know what will really hurt Vs a little pain, and you handle both appropriately.

Been hit with lots of spent cases and will go on record here, You have not lived till a hot piece of cut/flying metal debris goes into your ear and you can hear it sizzle till it cools down a bit. :LOL:
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Stainless stick slag in the ear stays hot for a long time.
 
I was at the range with dad for an IPSC Match when I was about 14.. I got hot brass on my arm for a millisecond, yelped, friend's wife that was competing and about 5'-2" and VERY well endowed said "cowboy up boy" and pulled down here shirt enough to show the 45acp "butterfly" she had... dad laughed, I died a little from embarrassment... in hindsight it was very impressive...
 
Lessoned learned a long time ago. Don't take the lane to the right of a tall shooter. I finally built a little divider I could put on top of the lane divider. I showed it to the RO and eventually the owner did something similar.
 
robvious said:
I was at the range with dad for an IPSC Match when I was about 14.. I got hot brass on my arm for a millisecond, yelped, friend's wife that was competing and about 5'-2" and VERY well endowed said "cowboy up boy" and pulled down here shirt enough to show the 45acp "butterfly" she had... dad laughed, I died a little from embarrassment... in hindsight it was very impressive...
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The burn spot or where the burn spot was located! :LOL:
 
Worst that has happened to me was on the firing line at Knob Creek.

Guy next to me opened up with a high mounted, belt feed PKM. Violent side ejection shooting steel case, sharp rimmed, 7.62x 54R.

Got peppered pretty good. Those case ejected so violently that the rims cut through denim jeans.
 
I still have a white scar in middle of my chest from a 7.62 that bounced and stuck between me and flack jacket 55yrs ago. At the time was miserable hot and humid. Case brought some epidermis with it when pulled out.
 
forgot my hat ONCE, I'm here to tell you this happens.
moosedog said:
Much worse is when one lands between your shooting glasses and your eye. I've seen that happen and required all shooters to wear a hat with a brim.
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If it happens to you you, don't get to the the "oh it hurts dance" with a gun in your hand swinging it wildly.
Suck it up butter cup, muzzle down range!!!
 
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My wife learned to avoid range cleavage after she managed a perfect bank shot off the divider to her right with a 9 mm casing.
 
If you spend any amount of time on a range you are either going to witness it or have it happen to you. I have seen a woman catch a hot round between her cleavage. The thing that never fails to irritate me is often I am the only person on the range, we have ten divided positions that can share two targets for a total of eighteen shooters possible because positions 3 and 8 have no 10 or 15 yard placements. If I'm shooting a semi auto that I retain the brass for I use position ten because it has a wall to my right to catch nearly everything.
What irritates me is that with all these positions available, why is it that someone I am not friendly with or know to any extent will take up a shooting position right alongside me and often throw the brass from his semi auto my way. My wife tells me that they don't do it to purposely irritate me, she says "They are not even thinking about you." Thats what irritates me, if you were thinking about the other guy you would stay the hell away from him and let him be in peace. But NOOOOO, I'm going to camp right next to him...never fails to irritate me. Now a buddy is a different thing and we often shoot together and know to back off or away from his brass while spotting him. I can shoot position one which does not offer anyone the chance to throw brass at you but so many people use it because it is closest to the parking lot and for the afore mentioned reason that it gets shot up pretty badly between target changes, as well as the backdrop gets hammered.
 
jag22 said:
Lessoned learned a long time ago. Don't take the lane to the right of a tall shooter. I finally built a little divider I could put on top of the lane divider. I showed it to the RO and eventually the owner did something similar.
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I was bench rest shooting so I was shorter than an 8 year old kid.

I thought that the blister was interesting because of the perfect shape. You can tell that it was a 9mm.
 
Having been a law enforcement officer for 46 years and having to qualify at least once (usually more) per year on a 10 to 20 lane outdoor range, I have had hot brass in just about every place you can imagine. Down my shirt, between my glasses and my eye, and once or twice in my pants pocket. It happens.
 
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