Accident at South Carolina Range

Ouch indeed. Hope she pulls through OK.
 
In the face... ouch. Hopefully she makes a complete recovery.

It does make me wonder how in the heck you get shot in the face on accident though.

safety safety safety

oh, and like I told one of the new shooters at a match "if you shoot me, you better be prepared to join me, the rest of these guys got my back" he then proceeded to shoot the stage in a very calm and collected manner.
 
I wonder if she was holding the gun or if someone else was? Hopefully she will be OK.
 
Not much information on this - could it be a ricochet from someone deciding to skirt the rules on steel core ammo.
Hopefully that lady pulls through.
 
I read somewhere that this was a riccochet that struck her in the eye and she was not wearing safety glasses. If that is true this is typical sensationalism from a media outlet and.....wait for it.....deplorable.

I hope she recovers no matter what her injuries or the cause. But again, if that is the case boys and girls, wear your safety glasses. Do not be the next person to teach us a safety lesson.
 
12151791;n29059 said:
Not much information on this - could it be a ricochet from someone deciding to skirt the rules on steel core ammo.
Hopefully that lady pulls through.
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I hard cast .45 round ricocheted, I guess off a rock in a berm, at a match recently and gently bounced off a woman's jacket intact but blunted, center mass, standing right next to me. I picked it up and handed it to her.

{{{{{{{{shuderrrrrr}}}}}}
 
It reminds me of the dumb and dumber saying: "what if they'd shot you in the face?"
 
NKD;n29143 said:
Eye protection is not an option. Ever.
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Agreed! I won't shoot without them, and often I have to remind folks at my range when they forget and approach the line.
I see guys riding their motorcycle down the highway...with a beenie helmet and no glasses. All the time! One day man...one day...
 
NKD;n29143 said:
I've been splattered and tagged by so much lead. Seen people bleeding on several cases from lead splatter at an indoor range.

Eye protection is not an option. Ever.
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Me too. I caught my first ricochet to the face when I was about 8 years old skeet shooting. That was in the days before people wore eye protection. My dad dug the bb out from under the skin, told me to man up and I shot the rest of the round.
 
Chdamn;n29096 said:
I read somewhere that she this was a riccochet that struck her in the eye and she was not wearing safety glasses. If that is true this is typical sensationalism from a media outlet and.....wait for it.....deplorable.

I hope she recovers no matter what her injuries or the cause. But again, if that is the case boys and girls, wear your safety glasses. Do not be the next person to teach us a safety lesson.
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Yes, looks like a ricochet from another news story.
http://www.wyff4.com/article/woman-shot-hospitalized-at-shooting-upstate-range/8537140
 
A shot fired in a different area of the range apparently ricocheted and caused what is described as a foreign matter injury to the woman's eye, deputies said.

As part of the investigation, all guns used at the range are being accounted for and examined by investigators.

wonder why they rounded up every ones firearms. Is it so they can place the blame/cost on someone?
 
Mike Overlay said:
A shot fired in a different area of the range apparently ricocheted and caused what is described as a foreign matter injury to the woman's eye, deputies said.

As part of the investigation, all guns used at the range are being accounted for and examined by investigators.

wonder why they rounded up every ones firearms. Is it so they can place the blame/cost on someone?
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No. I've seen a death caused at a range and all guns were tested to see where the shot was fired from to see if a shooter or the range design was at fault. If it's the range layout or design, then it can be improved (and probably a lawsuit). But if it was a shooter NOT acting negligently they're probably OK
 
fieldgrade;n29106 said:
I hard cast .45 round ricocheted, I guess off a rock in a berm, at a match recently and gently bounced off a woman's jacket intact but blunted, center mass, standing right next to me. I picked it up and handed it to her.

{{{{{{{{shuderrrrrr}}}}}}
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.45 minor loads are the absolute worst for ricochets. Dangerous af.
 
Hope she's OK.

I seen bullets do some funny things. Remember that video of that .50 Cal coming back at the shooter?

Skip-J range, I think I trained there once. It was outdoors with high banked berms on 3 sides. I don't remember how the bays were configured back then. Maybe a couple of small ones and one very large one.
 
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Hope she is ok. Stuff happens sometimes. I was behind the firing line and was hit by a piece of something into my right arm. Sometimes stuff just happens.
 
My club requires hats when shooting steel in addition to glasses. I can't disagree. I've enjoyed watching the hail of jacket fragments when a good shooter is doing a mag dump on a plate. To the rest of your body it's no more dangerous than a briar patch but the eyes are another story...
 
On a related note back in early 80s i was shooting outside at a great aunts farm. Using a 44 mag revolver i was shooting a tree stump i had a bullet bounce back and hit me on the shin on my leg i guess it lost all energy and didn't break skin but it still hurt lol
 
Eye and ear protection are non-negotiable at our range. A few months ago, one shooter was hit in the center of the lens of his shooting glasses by a piece of lead or jacket. It chipped the lens and he was OK. The glasses did their job well.
 
I was hit in the throat by a hardcast 45 ricochet at an indoor match. Dropped me to my knees. Had a round bounce off my forehead once that broke the skin too...

My woman took one in the upper arm from a .40 ricochet that drew blood and left a scar. She wasn't happy to say the least...

I imagine either would one of those would have left us blind in that eye had that been where we were hit and not wearing glasses.
 
bigfelipe said:
I was hit in the throat by a hardcast 45 ricochet at an indoor match. Dropped me to my knees. Had a round bounce off my forehead once that broke the skin too...

My woman took one in the upper arm from a .40 ricochet that drew blood and left a scar. She wasn't happy to say the least...

I imagine either would one of those would have left us blind in that eye had that been where we were hit and not wearing glasses.
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Holy crap.
 
bigfelipe said:
I was hit in the throat by a hardcast 45 ricochet at an indoor match. Dropped me to my knees. Had a round bounce off my forehead once that broke the skin too...

My woman took one in the upper arm from a .40 ricochet that drew blood and left a scar. She wasn't happy to say the least...

I imagine either would one of those would have left us blind in that eye had that been where we were hit and not wearing glasses.
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Can we change your username to "bullet magnet?"
 
georgel;n29470 said:
Hope she's OK.

I seen bullets do some funny things. Remember that video of that .50 Cal coming back at the shooter?

Skip-J range, I think I trained there once. It was outdoors with high banked berms on 3 sides. I don't remember how the bays were configured back then. Maybe a couple of small ones and one very large one.
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[video=youtube;QokV7HzJhG4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QokV7HzJhG4[/video]
 
NKD;n29143 said:
I've been splattered and tagged by so much lead. Seen people bleeding on several cases from lead splatter at an indoor range.

Eye protection is not an option. Ever.
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Came here to post something similar. Recently had a sizeable chunk of a split-in-half jacket leave a small bruise on my neck at an indoor range. Glasses may not have saved this lady, but not wearing them makes it a matter of when you get something in the eye, rather then if.
 
Some notes on the 50 cal.
Dont shoot steel unless you know what you are doing.
Don't shoot steel that close with a 50 cal.
Don't shoot steel that is pitted all to hell.
The bigger the bullet, the more likely to retain its mass and ricochet.
Don't shoot at steel with a flat face that points directly back at you, put some angle on that steel.

Some goobers shot a full size A360 ram at our range with a 50. Bent him like a Pringle but did not penetrate. Instant banning of 50cals on our range.
Some people are too stupid to be allowed access to nice things.
 
bigfelipe said:
I was hit in the throat by a hardcast 45 ricochet at an indoor match. Dropped me to my knees. Had a round bounce off my forehead once that broke the skin too...

My woman took one in the upper arm from a .40 ricochet that drew blood and left a scar. She wasn't happy to say the least...

I imagine either would one of those would have left us blind in that eye had that been where we were hit and not wearing glasses.
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Just shoot matches at indoor ranges in Raleigh for awhile. Everyone gets hit... everyone...
 
fieldgrade said:
12151791;n29059 said:
Not much information on this - could it be a ricochet from someone deciding to skirt the rules on steel core ammo.
Hopefully that lady pulls through.
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I hard cast .45 round ricocheted, I guess off a rock in a berm, at a match recently and gently bounced off a woman's jacket intact but blunted, center mass, standing right next to me. I picked it up and handed it to her.

{{{{{{{{shuderrrrrr}}}}}}
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Had the same thing happen to me years ago. A .45 slug bounced off the backstop and popped me in the leg. Good bruise but nothing else.
 
Over years and years of skeet shooting I've been hit by so much lead and target fragments that I've come to expect it. When I don't get hit by something I'm amazed. I have even adopted a policy of turning my back to the fields when changing to my shooting glasses.
And speaking of glasses, don't cheap out with the crap you buy at Wally World and the like. Spring some dough and buy a quality set of eyewear that fits and is comfortable. It's a one time purchase and not someplace to go cheap ass.....
 
Friday;n29183 said:
Agreed! I won't shoot without them, and often I have to remind folks at my range when they forget and approach the line.
I see guys riding their motorcycle down the highway...with a beenie helmet and no glasses. All the time! One day man...one day...
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"I am special and it won't happen to me". Lolz.

Never understood the beenie helmet thing. Completely idiotic, in my opinion. Only slightly less so than riding without eye pro. Just my opinion.
 
One report yesterday said she was hit in the face by a stray bullet which lodged in her brain. She was unresponsive when EMS arrived at the range but she was revived. It was later reported that she was on life support. Skip J range reported that they had never hand an accident like this in 24 years of operation. So sad. Of course the Media plays it up like another chicago drive by shooting but by crazed gun nuts.
 
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