So I was at the gun range. And we almost killed someone. - Page 3

p8riot · October 18th, 2006, 11:40 PM

I was shooting factory 44MAG rounds at a range a few years ago and one of them came back and hit me in my trigger (right) hand. I was still in firing position when it hit me. Tore a 1-1/2 inch gash across my index finger. If my hand wasn't in firing position it would have hit me in the face. All the more reason to wear eye protection when shooting.

PuNacMC · October 19th, 2006, 12:14 AM

I've been hit several times. Only got cut once in the leg. The range I used to go to had a steel trap. The one I go to now uses rubber trap and no more problems.

paramedic70002 · October 19th, 2006, 10:19 AM

Once as a kid I had a BB bounce and head straight for my eye. Not much compares to seeing a projectile come straight at you. That was one day I was GLAD to be wearing glasses.

cphilip · October 20th, 2006, 03:30 PM

"you'll shoot your eye out kid!"

This is why many ranges don't allow FMJ or JHP ammo and only ball ammo. tends to lessen this.

GarySlinger · October 20th, 2006, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DDGator

Sounds like you were at the Indoor Shooting Company over on Fowler. What a dump that place is. I wouldn't shoot there on a regular basis. I have been there on occasion for a bowling pin shoot.

There are much better ranges around -- try Tenoroc or Wyoming Antelope Club for outdoor ranges.

Bullet bounceback is not unusual on an indoor range. I shoot at St. Pete Police Pistol Club and have many times seen deformed .45 ACP brass come back at the firing line. Usually it is skidding across the floor, but it will come back. It should never come back fast enough to hurt you. The problem is probably exacerbated at that range because its is so short -- isn't the max depth like 15 yards?

Use up your prepaid time and then look for something better.

Quite... There's substantially more than one shooting range within a 20 mile range of Tampa. In addition to the above, there's Shooting Sports out on Dale Mabry, or Knight Shooting in Clearwater.

G.

abuttermilk · October 22nd, 2006, 10:42 AM

"So I was at the gun range. And we almost killed someone." So this dude walked over to me and said he thought my bullet hit his arm. No one was hurt.
To me, these kind of postings don't help us a bit. Exaggeration in a big way on a forum that the anti's can use against us.I noticed nobody picked up on it the first day it was printed and I wonder why we give the anti's loaded guns to shoot at us with.
Maybe a better way to put it would have been,"Has anyone ever been hit by a bullet at the firing range." Or just do an e mail to a trusted friend and not "air" this kind of stuff except in a warning such as, "the old firing range at so and so location has a problem with bullets and jackets coming out of the trap."

Thanks,
Andy

gbahri · October 22nd, 2006, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by abuttermilk

"So I was at the gun range. And we almost killed someone." So this dude walked over to me and said he thought my bullet hit his arm. No one was hurt.
To me, these kind of postings don't help us a bit. Exaggeration in a big way on a forum that the anti's can use against us.I noticed nobody picked up on it the first day it was printed and I wonder why we give the anti's loaded guns to shoot at us with.
Maybe a better way to put it would have been,"Has anyone ever been hit by a bullet at the firing range." Or just do an e mail to a trusted friend and not "air" this kind of stuff except in a warning such as, "the old firing range at so and so location has a problem with bullets and jackets coming out of the trap."

Thanks,
Andy

You're right. I probably did exagerate. But I posted this within an hour of when it happened and I was still in shock. It has never happened to me before and I have never heard it happening to anyone. Now I know differently and know that it is "reasonably" common.

gbahri · October 22nd, 2006, 11:12 AM

The worst thing is that I took someone that I am "courting" and it was her first time. I didn't freak out in front of her, but I thought " Oh great. Her first time shooting and we hit someone with a bullet. SHe is going to hate guns and hate me" But she wanted to keep the bullet as a souvenier and didn't bat an eye when she heard it hit the guy. And the next day I told her that is is common in an indoor range and nothing to be scared of. I think I did decent damage control.

ccw9mm · October 22nd, 2006, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by gbahri

... I told her that is is common in an indoor range and nothing to be scared of.

I've been struck by fragments a dozen times, or so. Mostly, in an indoor range where I first learned, but that was due mostly to the design of the backstop/trap area. Still, I've heard from numerous folks that shoot on other indoor ranges. It's definitely not an uncommon thing. Long pants, long-sleeved shirt, wrap-around polycarb. glasses, a brimmed "baseball" style cap: each of these can help protect. Nicely, she seems to be comfortable with the idea ricochets of fragments can occur. Good for her.

jarhead79 · October 22nd, 2006, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by sevesteen

Wear eyes and ears of course.

Maybe a cup?!?!?!?!

October 18th, 2006, 11:40 PM	#21
p8riot Distinguished Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chesterfield, VA Posts: 1,948	I was shooting factory 44MAG rounds at a range a few years ago and one of them came back and hit me in my trigger (right) hand. I was still in firing position when it hit me. Tore a 1-1/2 inch gash across my index finger. If my hand wasn't in firing position it would have hit me in the face. All the more reason to wear eye protection when shooting. __________________ "You can get more with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone The second amendment is the reset button of our Constitution.

October 19th, 2006, 10:19 AM	#23
paramedic70002 Distinguished Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Franklin, VA Posts: 1,852	Once as a kid I had a BB bounce and head straight for my eye. Not much compares to seeing a projectile come straight at you. That was one day I was GLAD to be wearing glasses. __________________ Guns Save Lives. Paramedics Save Lives. But... Paramedics With Guns Scare People!

October 20th, 2006, 03:30 PM	#24
cphilip Distinguished Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina Posts: 1,447	"you'll shoot your eye out kid!" This is why many ranges don't allow FMJ or JHP ammo and only ball ammo. tends to lessen this. __________________ www.cphilip.com

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October 19th, 2006, 12:14 AM	#22
PuNacMC New Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: NC Posts: 12	I've been hit several times. Only got cut once in the leg. The range I used to go to had a steel trap. The one I go to now uses rubber trap and no more problems.

October 22nd, 2006, 10:42 AM	#26
abuttermilk Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lubbock,TX Posts: 229	"So I was at the gun range. And we almost killed someone." So this dude walked over to me and said he thought my bullet hit his arm. No one was hurt. To me, these kind of postings don't help us a bit. Exaggeration in a big way on a forum that the anti's can use against us.I noticed nobody picked up on it the first day it was printed and I wonder why we give the anti's loaded guns to shoot at us with. Maybe a better way to put it would have been,"Has anyone ever been hit by a bullet at the firing range." Or just do an e mail to a trusted friend and not "air" this kind of stuff except in a warning such as, "the old firing range at so and so location has a problem with bullets and jackets coming out of the trap." Thanks, Andy

October 22nd, 2006, 11:12 AM	#28
gbahri Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: FL Posts: 16	The worst thing is that I took someone that I am "courting" and it was her first time. I didn't freak out in front of her, but I thought " Oh great. Her first time shooting and we hit someone with a bullet. SHe is going to hate guns and hate me" But she wanted to keep the bullet as a souvenier and didn't bat an eye when she heard it hit the guy. And the next day I told her that is is common in an indoor range and nothing to be scared of. I think I did decent damage control.