got shot toay at the range - Page 5 - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

aiformula · 02-02-2008, 10:08 PM

Lethal bounce back ricochet story.

My uncle lost a friend when he was in his 20's due to a bounce back ricochet such as the ones mentioned above. Guy was shooting a 22 pistol in his back yard. Was shooting into a pine board which typically would swallow the 22's, It didn't swallow one of them and it came back and penetrated the ocular cavity and lodged in his brain. he died a couple hrs late at the hospital. I tell this story to all of my students to drive home a couple of points. #1. the obvious part about gun safety and a PROPER back stop, and #2 to remind them that even the lowly 22 round which is considered fairly innocuous by most folks in the firearms community is still lethal and should not be treated like a toy.

**Moose13** · 02-02-2008, 10:31 PM

Glad you were ok. A reminder to wear your safety equipment even when shooting with people who are qualified.

Vandal · 02-03-2008, 12:51 AM

The more I read about ricochets the more common it seems to be. I have taken shot making a triumphant return to me more than once. I have a few scars on my face one from 00 buck that penetrated my right cheek just below my shooting glasses. I thought it was a pimple. After a few days it was really infected and puss-filled. I lanced it and the piece of shot popped out and rattled around in the sink. Yet another reminder to wear your eye protection.

I have a ding on the toe of a boot where a rifle round came back after hitting some rock. Took my foot out from under me and I ended up face down in the dirt. I should really stay away from long guns.

Tercel89 · 02-07-2008, 01:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stroker

THAT AIN'T LUCK. THAT"S A BLESSING FROM THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. I bet the fellow that pulled the trigger had plenty to say once he found out you were still with us. "PRAISE GOD"

+1

chemtek76 · 02-13-2008, 08:59 PM

I'm glad no one was killed or seriously injured during these event (the 22 story was a freak of nature) while at a range I was watching an event and they were shooting steel knock down targets bout 15 yds from where I was standing and I was hit by a piece of something that left a 1/2 inch cut on my right cheek freaked me out good.

medicstimpy · 02-14-2008, 09:41 PM

Don't you hate when that happens? Glad to hear you are ok. Also glad to hear the guy who got hit by that 45 is ok, too.

I was minding my own business in my stall when some kids came in with a shotgun three stalls over. They couldn't handle it very well. They kept hitting the target holder and I guess the angled steel on the top of the range.

Anyways, I got a nice pea sized welt on my stomach that hurt for four days from one piece of shot. I can only imagine how much a 40 or a 45 would hurt. They were told to leave.

Now I leave for the member area whenever someone brings a shotgun to an indoor range. Aside from them being more annoying than a HOT LOADED 44Mag, but just in case...

PD575 · 02-17-2008, 08:48 PM

When I was in the academy, a classmate got shot during firearms training week. We were all at the required safe distance back from the line except for the two shooters who were going at it hitting the steel pepper popper targets. A jacket separated from the core of a bullet and came straight back and caught my classmate right on the upper lip just under his nose. it cut him through the lip and into his gums! Freakin' nasty! Good thing it was only a piece of the copper jacket and not the whole round or he'd have been in deep poo poo. I still remember hearing the shrapnel hit him in the mouth as I was standing not two feet to his left. Man, that could've been me!

40packin · 02-20-2008, 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by phildavis516

Put a link up when you cut your first album.

HAHA!

jdavionic · 02-21-2008, 04:24 AM

I got "shot" last night, again. It seems everytime we shoot a local match with steel poppers, I get nailed with a bullet fragment. I'm beginning to think I'm a giant magnet. I even stood behind a fat guy and still got hit.

DeltaCharlie2 · 02-21-2008, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdavionic

I even stood behind a fat guy and still got hit.

LOL! Sorry; that was funny.

02-02-2008, 10:08 PM	#41
aiformula XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sw ohio Posts: 3,069	Lethal bounce back ricochet story. My uncle lost a friend when he was in his 20's due to a bounce back ricochet such as the ones mentioned above. Guy was shooting a 22 pistol in his back yard. Was shooting into a pine board which typically would swallow the 22's, It didn't swallow one of them and it came back and penetrated the ocular cavity and lodged in his brain. he died a couple hrs late at the hospital. I tell this story to all of my students to drive home a couple of points. #1. the obvious part about gun safety and a PROPER back stop, and #2 to remind them that even the lowly 22 round which is considered fairly innocuous by most folks in the firearms community is still lethal and should not be treated like a toy. __________________ Tony Guns are like orgasms.......you just can't have enough good ones! "A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can exist only until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess (a liberal gift) out of the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship" tyler

02-02-2008, 10:31 PM	#42
Moose13 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Martinsburg, WV Posts: 787	Glad you were ok. A reminder to wear your safety equipment even when shooting with people who are qualified. __________________ XD 45ACP Compact State's Brady Rating - T-37 WEST VIRGINIA 6

02-03-2008, 12:51 AM	#43
Vandal XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 237	The more I read about ricochets the more common it seems to be. I have taken shot making a triumphant return to me more than once. I have a few scars on my face one from 00 buck that penetrated my right cheek just below my shooting glasses. I thought it was a pimple. After a few days it was really infected and puss-filled. I lanced it and the piece of shot popped out and rattled around in the sink. Yet another reminder to wear your eye protection. I have a ding on the toe of a boot where a rifle round came back after hitting some rock. Took my foot out from under me and I ended up face down in the dirt. I should really stay away from long guns. __________________ Well believe me, I calculated the odds of this succeeding versus the odds I was doing something incredibly stupid...and I went ahead anyway. "Well, I wouldn't argue that it wasn't a no holds barred, adrenaline fueled thrill ride. But, there is no way you can perpetrate that amount of carnage and mayhem and not incur a considerable amount of paperwork" -Sgt. Nicholas Angel in Hot Fuzz Springfield xD 4" .45 Remington 870 Tactical 12 Ga. Tippmann/ Special Ops A-5A2 Paintball Gun Last edited by Vandal : 02-03-2008 at 12:54 AM.

02-14-2008, 09:41 PM	#46
medicstimpy XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Montreal, Quebecistan in the land of anti's... the dictatorship of Canada Posts: 415	Don't you hate when that happens? Glad to hear you are ok. Also glad to hear the guy who got hit by that 45 is ok, too. I was minding my own business in my stall when some kids came in with a shotgun three stalls over. They couldn't handle it very well. They kept hitting the target holder and I guess the angled steel on the top of the range. Anyways, I got a nice pea sized welt on my stomach that hurt for four days from one piece of shot. I can only imagine how much a 40 or a 45 would hurt. They were told to leave. Now I leave for the member area whenever someone brings a shotgun to an indoor range. Aside from them being more annoying than a HOT LOADED 44Mag, but just in case... __________________ Springfield Armory: 1911 Loaded SS (x2), XD9-TAC & XD45-TAC AR-15: Armalite .223, RockRiverArms 9mm Ruger: Mark III, 10/22 S&W: 686 Tokarev: 1942 Soviet TT33, 1958 Hungarian TT-58 Tokagypt, 1954 .22 Polish Sportowy Norchinko: M14S (x2) Taurus: 455 Tracker... 45ACP wheel gun... WAY KEWL If GUNS kill people then spoons made Rosie O'Donnell fat

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

02-13-2008, 08:59 PM	#45
chemtek76 XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Carrollton GA Posts: 43	I'm glad no one was killed or seriously injured during these event (the 22 story was a freak of nature) while at a range I was watching an event and they were shooting steel knock down targets bout 15 yds from where I was standing and I was hit by a piece of something that left a 1/2 inch cut on my right cheek freaked me out good.

02-17-2008, 08:48 PM	#47
PD575 XDTalk Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 40	When I was in the academy, a classmate got shot during firearms training week. We were all at the required safe distance back from the line except for the two shooters who were going at it hitting the steel pepper popper targets. A jacket separated from the core of a bullet and came straight back and caught my classmate right on the upper lip just under his nose. it cut him through the lip and into his gums! Freakin' nasty! Good thing it was only a piece of the copper jacket and not the whole round or he'd have been in deep poo poo. I still remember hearing the shrapnel hit him in the mouth as I was standing not two feet to his left. Man, that could've been me!

02-21-2008, 04:24 AM	#49
jdavionic XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: GA Posts: 5,105	I got "shot" last night, again. It seems everytime we shoot a local match with steel poppers, I get nailed with a bullet fragment. I'm beginning to think I'm a giant magnet. I even stood behind a fat guy and still got hit.