Sako 300wm bit me !

[Tahoe333]

The Sako 300wm bit me!
I let my support hand creep forward underneath the palm swell.

 

[turbo54]

Just one shot?

 

[Lukas Koukal]

Hammered you fairly!

 

[Rem40xb1]

be careful looks bad

 

[Tahoe333]

It was definitely a lesson learned. I guess I will have to break out the bronzer to blend it in -

 

[lightman]

I've had that happen to me, too! It smarts. Looks like it got ya good, hope it not as bad as it looks. Lightman

 

[JB02]

Does it hurt to move your fingers?

 

[Tahoe333]

I think it has gotten worse.

 

[Tahoe333]

The worst part was putting my hand into my jeans pocket to retrieve money and my keys.

 

[bhart89]

I'm not clear what happened. Did recoil squeeze your hand between the bottom of the grip and the ground/bench?

 

[Avgjoe]

Ouch. That's a bad one. Just how was the hand positioned, so I don't do the same?

Mike

 

[den42]

dame bro.. bet you dont do that again..

 

[matthias]

Hand looks broken. When The bruising spreads like that and bone are most likely broken

 

[KYpatriot]

Broke my left thumb right before shipping out for the desert and the bruising spread out like that. I duct taped it to my hand and called it good. I think you should probably follow a different plan since it still bothers me from time to time. I thought duct tape could fix anything. Maybe there is something to medical school after all.

 

[Cartman]

See a Doc. If you don't have insurance urgent care places will see you for about $100. Too many little bones and tendons in a hand to screw around.

And you have "bronzer"? Some things you need to keep private!

 

[Tahoe333]

I was shooting 200gr safari rounds and I could not get comfortable on the rifle that day so I used my back support hand to apply a bit of upward pressure to the bottom of the stock right behind the bottom of the palm swell, between the wood bench and the stock. Remembering to use padded gloves = priceless.
I can move all my fingers with no pain but any type of touch to the back of my hand is"quite" uncomfortable. I am taking a little break and using the down time to glass bed and paint up the rifle.

 

[RRA_45]

That looks like it sucked. I got scope bite when I was inexperienced shooting a measly .308. That's about my only shooting related injury.

 

[Tahoe333]

The "bump" portion of my hand is still really sore. I am going to call the doc tomorrow for a check up.