Should something hit my face while shooting?

[H Richard]

An indoor range I shoot on weekly is only 50 ft. and limited to .22RF. It is not unusual for someone to weekly get a piece of "splatter-back" to hit them. Any time you shoot steel, it is a must to wear eye protection, and any spectators even behind the line of shooters.

 

[Larry from Bend]

Turn the gun around...

From one smart A -- leck to another! Thanks for the laugh!!!

 

[Cpo1944]

The range I shoot at is 25 yards deep. We routinely get hit from the knees down with bounceback. A guy in the next lane was shooting 30/06 & a chunk hit my wife in the shin hard enough to draw blood through a pair of sweatpants.

I have a pretty good collection of chunks I've picked up policing brass.

Eye protection. ALWAYS!

30-06 at 25 yards !!! What was he thinking/drinking???
I am surprised the range would allow that caliber,was it indoors?
I hope your wife`s ok and not afraid to go back .

 

[fyimo]

There is always a lot of blow back when shootung a revolver. After a long session at the range my face and hands are very dirty when compared to after only shooting Semi autos. Most of it is burned and unburned powder and it just goes with the territory. Lead on the other hand is either revolver with poor timing or blow back from the target.

 

[Fred_P]

Thanks, guys.

This thread motivated me to pull out my 632 and look it over again in anticipation of shortening the barrel and eliminating the port (see my earlier post).

I swung out the cylinder and happened to notice a large crack in the frame under the barrel. It runs for/aft from below the forcing cone to the rear of the ejector rod shroud. Looks like it could be from a very tight fit of the barrel into the frame. It's not noticeable when you normally swing out the cylinder because the revolver has to be unnaturally tilted to see that surface (you have to look up from below). I estimate about 150 rounds fired since new.

Not a problem, and I already requested a RMA from S&W. But I am really glad I neither brought it to the range, nor began to have the barrel shortened!!

Fred

 

[old bear]

I had this happen 2 months ago when shooting my M-27 caught something on my right cheek, and it hurt. I believed then it was a ricochet and I still do. I don't believe that unburned powder at arms distance would have caused this.

 

[ISOM]

something hit my face

something hit my face
It could be the revolver is "out of time" and SPTTING LEAD.

 

[fyimo]

There is always a lot of blow back when shootung a revolver. After a long session at the range my face and hands are very dirty when compared to after only shooting Semi autos. Most of it is burned and unburned powder and it just goes with the territory. Lead on the other hand is either revolver with poor timing or blow back from the target.

 

[lfurr]

OP here. Thanks for all the feedback. Sound like it's fairly normal. This is the first it has happened after, oh I'd say, around two or three hundred rounds, so I'll keep an eye out for it. (no pun intended)

 

[Sportsterguy]

For safeties sake I'd get it checked out by a GS. My 57 was doing the same thing many years ago and it was out of time and spitting lead. Way different feel on the face than unburned powder as it downright hurt. Luckily neither I or the old .41 suffered any damage.

Revolvers giving you a warning that I personally would heed. JMO.