I got nailed by someones ricochet
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Comrad
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What did the shot bounce off? Where did it get you? Guess that's one reason why eye protection is a good idea.
I was once hit on the shin bone, but no broken skin.
As scary as it was when it happened... the after thoughts about how much worse it could have been, gave me the jitters the next few times back at the range.
Glad you're ok.
As scary as it was when it happened... the after thoughts about how much worse it could have been, gave me the jitters the next few times back at the range.
Glad you're ok.
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Gunbuff64
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Scary thing to have happen to you. I have been hit with ricochets a few times myself. Looks like you will heal up ok, besides hurting bet is scared the **** out of you.
USMC1188
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Wow!
You got lucky... good luck in your recovery.
You got lucky... good luck in your recovery.
Glad you're okay. I have a friend in Texas that was shooting steel plates at his local range and was hit with one of his own ricochets. It lodged under the skin and had to be cut out. To this day, he refuses to shoot at any kind of steel target.
agksimon
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I shot at a set of falling plates at 4 yards, when I was young and stupid, with my 9mm and the jacket came off one and stuck in my forehead. Dug it out and it had burned in more than penetrated. Needless to say, I stand back at least 10 yards now. It goes without saying "wear safety glasses".
05CarbonDRZ
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Jacketed bullets and steel plates are not a good mix,The shrapnel goes farther than you would think.I usually stick to lead or sometimes plated but always wear eye protection.
I have multiple steel plates on my range that I made by hanging railroad tie plates (they work wonderfully with handguns). I've arranged them to hang at an angle, but there are still no guarantees. As a result, I've been hit with ricochets several times including three to brought blood. The furthest away I've been hit has been thirty yards. In my opinion glasses are as important as muffs.
Dave from Pa
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May want to look for another range.
oberon
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I once got a deflected piece of jacket in the neck from a gravel bank.
Stung like crazy.
I also got a #4 buckshot pellet that came off a piece of reinforced fiberglass sewer pipe. Hit me in the thigh and bounced off. Also stung like crazy.
Stung like crazy.
I also got a #4 buckshot pellet that came off a piece of reinforced fiberglass sewer pipe. Hit me in the thigh and bounced off. Also stung like crazy.
It got me on my left cheek. I felt this fleshy impact while I was reloading my mags. I was like, "what the blank, someone just shot me!" I think they hit the metal hanging target holder. The husband thinks the jacket from a 45 is what got me.
It was at the indoor range. The person who was shooting was on the left side of the range. I was on lane #10 which is against the right wall. I don't blame the range at all. It's not their fault the gun hit the hanging target holder just right. The target holders do have angled metal pieces on them to deflect ricochets. This was just a fluke that it deflected it across the range and hit me. After I put rubbing alcohol on it and bandaged it, I then went back on the line and finish shooting my M&P pro 5 inch. What can I say, I girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. The shooter was shooting at a paper target. The target holder was metal.
Cpo1944
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I think a little scar would just add character and make you look cuter than before. Glad your ok and I hope the experience doesn`t sour you on shooting. I shot myself with a piece of ricochet jacket from a .45 ACP. It hit me on my shin and hurt like H*** . Another time I got hit with a piece of lead from a .357 wadcutter right on the front of my neck. That hurt too.
Now I am a pain to my Son and Grandchildren about safety, and I insist on eye & ear protection at ALL times on the range shooting or not .
Our sport is dangerous and stuff happens and I expect something bad will happen again. I just hope it happens to me and not one of my Grands! I`ll keep on with the precautions and pray for continued good luck, because that is all thats between us and an incident.
Now I am a pain to my Son and Grandchildren about safety, and I insist on eye & ear protection at ALL times on the range shooting or not .
Our sport is dangerous and stuff happens and I expect something bad will happen again. I just hope it happens to me and not one of my Grands! I`ll keep on with the precautions and pray for continued good luck, because that is all thats between us and an incident.
gdnagle
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Glad your not seriously hurt any sutures, luck on your side just like this guy from a old event. Just keep an eye for infection.
Guy hit in head with .50 caliber ricochet - YouTube
Guy hit in head with .50 caliber ricochet - YouTube
Another shin hit here, too. It was two range visits ago. Indoors. I assume a very bad shot hit the target apparatus. Hurt like hell. The lead came to rest at my feet. I haven't handled a lot of bullets, but it seemed like a good hefty chunk. Amen to eye protection a blue jeans!
Me Too!
Got hit with a jacket fragment at 20 yards from the backstop of a police pistol range. Fragment penetrated my T-shirt at my shoulder and drew a bit of blood but no penetration.
As I'm an honest person, I didn't file for disability.
Got hit with a jacket fragment at 20 yards from the backstop of a police pistol range. Fragment penetrated my T-shirt at my shoulder and drew a bit of blood but no penetration.
As I'm an honest person, I didn't file for disability.
Damn that sucks.
I try and wear a hat, eye protection and ears AT ALL TIMES, but I guess it's possible for any of us to get hit at the range.
Hope it heals quickly.
Note to self -- check my range bag tonight to make sure my first aid kid is there.
I try and wear a hat, eye protection and ears AT ALL TIMES, but I guess it's possible for any of us to get hit at the range.
Hope it heals quickly.
Note to self -- check my range bag tonight to make sure my first aid kid is there.
FishingPilot
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Back in my Marine days I caught a ricochet in the side of the nose from a 5.56mm round on the firing range. I was pulling targets in the pit and I guess it hit the support rail. No eye protection in those days. Got lucky.
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I'm curious...was this at an indoor range or outside? Any idea what the bullet richocheted off of and what distance it traveled. Caliber?
Glad you're okay. Didn't need a couple of stitches? Good. Couple of butterfly bandages and plenty of antibiotic ointment out to have you fixed up in no time.
I have a butterfly bandage on it as we speak. Lol
vonn
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Was at my hunting lease with a friend shooting a1911 into about 3 cords of cut mesquite at 15 feet dead in front of us . We were shooting in to the cut ends. 230 Fmj hit the target ,turned through wood and did a 180 and bounced off the truck 10 feet behind us. Don't know how it did it but we found a different backstop.
DeathGrip
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I'm happy you're OK. It could always be worse.
When it heals a bit (No scab) start applying some vitamin E to it and the scar will heal up completely.
BTW You have a great attitude towards what happened. Things do happen and we don't need a law suit over something that was just part of the game. Ranges cost big money to run and most take all of the precautions. Things happen. Luck of the draw.
When it heals a bit (No scab) start applying some vitamin E to it and the scar will heal up completely.
BTW You have a great attitude towards what happened. Things do happen and we don't need a law suit over something that was just part of the game. Ranges cost big money to run and most take all of the precautions. Things happen. Luck of the draw.
ACP230
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I wear long pants, a long-sleeve shirt, glasses and a ball cap at the range. Indoors or out.
Still took a fragment of a .22 in the lip one day at an indoor range.
Stung slightly didn't break the skin. Had some other stuff bounce off.
Saw people hit with bouncebacks off of bowling pins at the Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot. One guy had to go into town and have stitches.
Found fired pistol bullets in the grass behind the bleachers there a few times.
Still took a fragment of a .22 in the lip one day at an indoor range.
Stung slightly didn't break the skin. Had some other stuff bounce off.
Saw people hit with bouncebacks off of bowling pins at the Second Chance Bowling Pin Shoot. One guy had to go into town and have stitches.
Found fired pistol bullets in the grass behind the bleachers there a few times.
Seneca
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A couple of years ago at an indoor range I was participating in a pin shooting night. I was standing about 12 -15 feet behind the firing line waiting for our sections turn. A guy was shooting with a .40 semi auto pistol and I was watching him while talking with a couple of guys also waiting. I saw the bullet ricochet off the pin and head straight for me, slow enough that I could focus on it but too fast to dodge. It passed between the two guys and struck me dead center in the chest. Stung real bad and left a nasty bruise but didn't break skin. Lied to my wife about the bruise because she fears ricochets and doesn't like indoor ranges. Maybe she's right!
S. Hammer
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