Burned like hell... shell on the back...

[BigDog48]

A woman had a "front of the shirt" hot case incident at the range where I was RSO yesterday. Quite the show!

 

[ancient-one]

My dad was a welder. I don't think that he had any work clothes that didn't have holes burned in them.

 

[flagman1776]

I shoot a flint lock rifle. It's important to know that the vent (aka touchhole) is pointedto the right. The spark that fires it goes in... the vent blast comes out at high pressure. When firing on a line, it's curtitous to withhold fire when there's some one to your right. In re-enactments requiring volley fire, flash guards are often required.

 

[Telecaster]

I've had them hit my head, my arm, go down my shirt, but they didn't burn. Then one hit the top of my foot and WOW. Left a nice little burn mark.

 

[gman51]

I was shooting 9mm semi auto the other day at my make shift range that has a tarp overhead and to the side of me to stop casings from flying into the grass.
I had a long sleeve shirt that had pockets. Three times I had a casing drop into my shirt pocket. I could feel the heat through the pocket and the T-shirt underneath.
I know from experience that the bullet feels 10 or 20 times that hot when shot. I imagine when person gets shot that bullet is burning hot inside them. There isn't any shaking that off or out of you.

 

[LVSteve]

My wife was doing the "hot brass boogie" just last week.

 

[ldausmc1369]

Used to have burn marks on my chest from M16 & M60 brass ejecting. Lefty here. Just learn to grin and bear it as other more pressing issues at hand!! Got one down the back not long ago. Laid pistol down, immediately uttered a chain of obscenities that are still floating over the mighty Ohio. ROs impressed that I laid weapon down facing downrange before doing my unhappy dance!

 

[6string]

I was shooting with a buddy one summer afternoon. He was sitting at the bench, resting his Ruger Mark I .22 over a sandbag; I was standing behind him and just off to the side. He fired a round, the spent case flew down the back of his shirt, and reflexively he raised his right hand -- the one with the gun in it -- reached back to slap what he thought was a wasp stinging his back, and shot me in the left foot! Fortunately, he was shooting round nose bullets, the bullet passed through the top of my tennis shoe and between bones, resulting in a nice, clean hole through-and-through the foot. Hurt like hell, but he was so flustered that I laughed at him all the way to the ER. A rather uncomfortable cleaning and bandaging, a stiff course of antibiotics, and healing went well -- I can barely see the dimple left now, 35 years later.

Good lesson for both of us, though -- when you're shooting, always, ALWAYS focus on controlling the gun, no matter what happens. It could have turned out a whole lot worse for both of us.

Glad it wasn't more serious for you.

It's concerning to read this happened in SC.
I have seen more reckless and negligent gun handling in SC than any place I have been. (But, I'm sure it happens elsewhere too.)


By the way, a good way to alleviate the hot brass problem is to use a bench mounted brass catcher.

 

[CBStuard]

This is why Clint Smith always wears a shirt buttoned at the neck.
The Founders - Thunder Ranch

 

[gwpercle]

Lessons learned the hard way aren't soon forgotten.

Rub the juice from the thick leaf of an aloe vera plant... split the leaf open and apply a coat , cover with a band aide , the sting will stop , it won't blister and the next day the red mark will be gone .

Them little boogers are hot ain't they !

I had a case land and stick between the frame of my glasses , just to the left of my left eye ....that messed up my rapid fire string !

Gary