Range incident!!!

I'd gotten nicked in the shin with backsplash at an indoor range. It had crossed four lanes. If it had deflected at a more acute angle, it might have caught someone higher.

A woman and her son were shooting what I think was a 40 S&W that they couldn't control - they were hitting the target trolley.

That same range had the far end of the target track elevated so that 25yd targets were above the backstop. You were supposed to tape your target to the bottom of the backer. They'd painted orange lines to delimit the target area. But a lot of people just couldn't handle it and shot at the target above the backstop.

Now I shoot at an outdoor range that's considered busy when there are 5 shooters over 20 stations across multiple ranges :D
 
I was shooting my G22 at a coworker's farm house once when his wife came out and expressed an interest in shooting it. She was/is a relatively experienced shooter. An ejected shell went right down her shirt into the cleavage area and parked itself. As she spun around with the gun (luckily pointed toward earth), I moved to stay behind her while her hubby safely managed to control the gun and take it from her. He wasn't too happy with her.

I think it's the last time she's shot a semi-auto handgun. And I agree with others here, the range is no place for open-top shirts.
 
My girlfriend was shooting a 92fs when a piece of brass fell right between an opening in here shooting glasses, she had a little burn that eventually went away, but man watch out for that hot brass.

I heard that Eddie Murphy got burned pretty bad by some brass while filming Beverly Hills Cop, even though they use blanks the brass is flying all over those actors.
 
My worst incident is hot brass bouncing off the wall and sticking in between my earmuffs and my bald head.

I thought it had bounced off, but it was stuck there. Burned me pretty good.
 
I always wear a hat at the range because of hot brass.

A hat with a Blue Sun logo, which gets doubletakes from any Firefly fans. :D
 
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