Re: You all have been bugging me long enough!
I have a photo buried somewhere of some older plastic shooting glasses. while shooting silhouette competition, this person was hit on the right lens with the base of a jacketed round at the 50 yard line. He was shooting a 30 caliber handgun in the open sight category, so it was like a 140 gr 30 cal anywhere in power from a 30 whisper to a 308. It was ten years ago, so I don't remember.
Anyway, the base of the bullet came off after striking the steel chicken, and flew back to the shooter, like a tiny frisbee and sawed into the eye protection.
His head snapped back like he had been slapped
He took off the glasses and set them on the table. After the line was safe, the high school students who were score keeping, trooped by to look at the result. The copper base was sawed/melted into the lens of the protection, at exactly pupil location. It stuck out 90 degrees from the surface of the lens. He was pale as a ghost for 30 minutes after that. Quite a lesson, and no harm.
It happens.
Everyone has seen the video of the guy getting smacked by a .50 BMG round after shooting it at a target at 100 yds. he got lucky.
It happens.
People who have lost some of their hearing when they could have done something about it are being dumb shits. Plain and simple.
firefights can't be helped, but any range time, well, not using eye and ear pro is just stupid.
Maser is not the only idiot out at the range, and I leave when that type shows up. I prefer to find an isolated area to shoot, so I don't have to put up with idiocy. I live in the mountains, so I can avoid these type of people.
The sort of indiscriminate shooting I saw on the part of the video I watched (I clicked it off. It sucked), along a power line right of way? Sheer stupidity. No excuse. Irresponsible, almost criminal. Deserves to have his firearm taken from him on the spot, and himself put in the corner in time out until a later date. Way later.