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Ways to prevent this.

ccasey612ccasey612 Member Posts: 901 ✭✭✭✭
edited August 2002 in General Discussion
I just got back from lunch at the shooting range. I guy I know there had a pink nasty looking eye. I asked him how that happened and he said he was shooting and a shell popped behind his eye prodection and burned him in the eye. What do you do to prevent this. I use eye protection that covers most of my eyes but to top because I get hot and they get foggy. I also wear a hat to keep shells from falling on my face. What do you do?

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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    I wear a pair of sunglasses to the range. Its an outdoor range so its usually nice and sunny out when I do make it out there. My glasses cover up the eyes pretty well and fit snug so not much room for a case to drop in. A friend of mine had the same problem with his girlfriend...didn't get her in the eyeball, but just outside on the corner of the eye. I guess it all depends on the type of glasses your wearing...and the hat sure does help.

    Alex
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  • Gordian BladeGordian Blade Member Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I always wear my Marlin cap (the gun company, not the baseball team) and eye protection glasses (Smith & Wesson). It would be virtually impossible for an ejected shell to get behind the glasses from above because of the bill of the cap.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    ...just one of the hazards of shooting, once heard about a gal that had some hot brass fall into her...umm...clevage....fellas at the range were saying it was pretty funny seeing her remedy that problem.
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  • RugerNinerRugerNiner Member Posts: 12,636 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I was lucky enough to find a pair of Bushnell Shooting Glasses and of course one of my many Ruger Hats.

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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,085 ******
    edited November -1
    One of the funniest range stories I ever read was about a high-ranking Mexican police official who was participating in a match that seems peculiar to the Mexicans. I believe the story was passed along by Bart Skelton.

    One starts with a .38 Super 1911 pistol in hand. There is an empty magazine in place and the slide is locked open. In the off hand are loose .38 Super cartridges. The pistol is canted to the left so that the ejection port is straight up.

    When the clock starts, the shooter drops one cartridge in the ejection port, thumbs the slide latch down, and fires. The slide then locks back again and the process is repeated until the requisite number of rounds is fired.

    Early in the match, this competitor got a hot, empty case up his NOSE! He continued to shoot, but all the while jumping, shaking his head, and trying to snort the offending case out. Now, that would have been something to see!

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  • GreenLanternGreenLantern Member Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have you tried holding the gun 90 degrees to the left and shooting one handed? I never see the guys in the movies getting hit by hot casings this way. Works best though if you're shooting a Glock.
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  • 96harley96harley Member Posts: 3,992 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I crawl inside my Patton and extent the muzzel and action out the porthole.
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  • pikeal1pikeal1 Member Posts: 2,707
    edited November -1
    GreenLantern...that tactic is safe not by the angle of the gun, but because they are usually in a moving car.
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  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Greenlantern and Pike and they never hit anything either.

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  • rameleni1rameleni1 Member Posts: 998 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A Friend of mine I go shooting with has a Remington 597 .22. When he shoots it, it will missfire about every 3rd or 4th round. I was on the right of him, so I cought the expent shells. They were hot. I mean hot as a lit cigarette. I actually had marks on my skin from contact, of less than 1/10th of a second. He has tried to fix the problem. I have heard of extractor problems with his gun. Would this cause the heat problem, or does that indicate another problem?

    Rameleni1
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  • hillbillyhippiechichillbillyhippiechic Member Posts: 97 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Rembrandt,
    OWWW!!! That's exactly why "Bimbos" shouldn't be allowed at ranges! If you're there to shoot, it's not a time to flaunt and expose your flesh all over the place.
    That should be saved for later, when you're sitting around the fire talking about how it felt to shoot the various weapons........
    Besides, it could be too much of a distraction for everybody, resulting in more accidents. Silly girls....

    PEACE..., through superior firepower.
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