Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 ...by a .38 Special case! Was shooting BP through my Winchester 73 the other day when a spent case fell into the crook of my support elbow. (Hot weather, short sleeves.) It being the 5th or 6th round out of 10, I figured I could finish the string without problems. Only 2-3 seconds, right? Wrong! That sucker left a 2nd-degree burn that's still oozing after 3 days. Gonna leave a mark. YOW, that stings! Live and learn.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 That is what a feller gets shooting that evil BP.
Blackwater 53393 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 I have a scar about a half in wide and just under an inch long where one empty shell stuck in the crook of my arm the first year I shot black in my '60 Henry! It did the same thing only it took skin with it when I pulled it off. A couple of years later I stuck another one in the same spot!! That one took skin too!! I really hate to think what this spot will look like if it happens again!!
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Many years ago at a John Wayne Shootout I was shooting my Rossi out the window of the stagecoach prop. No room for a hat inside... and a hot case bounced off the ceiling and lodged between my left eyelid and glasses lens. YOWCH!!! Thank God it was hot - saved by sweat! I heard it sizzling as I finished shooting; still left a nice blister. I've seen a couple of ladies doing interesting dances after hot brass finds cleavage...
Cyrus Cassidy #45437 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 I had a piece of hot 5.56 mm brass fly down inside my body armor and shirt one time during a firefight. The body armor pressed it against my skin, and I could hear my skin sizzling over the gunfire. Fortunately that was the only injury I got.
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 At least you don't have one of those brass catchers up front like our lady cowboy shooters. More than once I've seen a piece get stuck in the wrong place with the resulting dances to get it dislodged. It would not have been appropriate to ask about the "brand" it left, but it's safe to assume there was a degree of scarring.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 There has been an occasional Lady who has caught brass in a bad place. OUCH!
Noz Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 I am ashamed that you male shooters did not offer to assist the ladies in their moments of agony. Shame on you!!
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 She was on the clock. But the gentlemen flocked around the unloading table to help unload the problem brass.
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Our gunship platoon (Vikings) had a tradition of initiating new pilots by having the door gunners aim their brass so that it fell on the pilot. If he leaned back into his seat it went down into his shirt or between the shirt and chicken plate. If he leand forward it went down his back. This was called "Brassing."
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 My story of catching a .308 case from my M1 in the crook of my arm during a National Match at Camp Perry pales in comparison to some of these so, I won't tell it.
Noz Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 Now you know how the frontiersmen feel catching hot caps between the palm and the grip on a revolver. I too have caught a 44-40 case between my eye and safety glasses with no damage.
Smuteye John SASS#24774 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 I've got a scar on the top of my right ear where a 9mm Commander tossed a piece of brass that landed there like a pencil. It was the first- and last- time I went to the range without either a set of earmuffs or a cowboy hat. Had a buddy who's Beretta would toss empties straight back every once in a while. The ball cap I usually wore to the range was white and had a gray smudge on the front edge of the brim where' I'd shoot it. If you had your head too high, it would hit you between the eyes or on the nose piece of your glasses.
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 Now you know how the frontiersmen feel catching hot caps between the palm and the grip on a revolver. Had that happen to me at Prince of the Pistoleers last month. Gets your attention.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 That is prezactly why I do not put powder nor primers in my reloads. Nary a scratch or burn.
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 That is prezactly why I do not put powder nor primers in my reloads. Nary a scratch or burn. So you're putting a clip full of empty cases into your Garrand? Sounds kinda dull.
Dutch Wheeler Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 That is precisely why short sleeve shirts are outlawed in SASS! SINGLE ACTION SHOOTING SOCIETY Shooters Handbook ~27~ Copyright © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc 2015 Version 20.2 OUTLAWED The use or presence of any outlawed item is a Stage Disqualification. • Modern shooting gloves. • Short sleeve shirts (Male competitors only)
Subdeacon Joe Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 I've had other peoples .40 S&W, 9mm, and .45ACP hit me, go down my shirt, even caught one 9mm on my ear, had brass from my wifes 6.5 x 55 land on the back of my neck, and I've never had a burn from it.
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted July 14, 2015 Author Posted July 14, 2015 I've had other peoples .40 S&W, 9mm, and .45ACP hit me, go down my shirt, even caught one 9mm on my ear, had brass from my wifes 6.5 x 55 land on the back of my neck, and I've never had a burn from it. That's 'cuz those were smokeless powder. Black powder makes barrels and cases MUCH hotter.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 14, 2015 Posted July 14, 2015 No, Joe is just hotter than the gasses in those barrels. They don't call him Big Daddy for nuttin'. Wait, I don't think they call him Big Daddy at all. My bad.
DocWard Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 In Basic Training, during "interlocking fields of fire" training, I was on ammo detail and was in the last firing order. We were given numerous magazines (I think I had seven) to burn off, and the cadre just told us to "rock and roll." the brass deflector came off my M-16 sometime during firing and I put a good handful of empties down the back of my battle buddy, leaving a nice row of blisters just above his belt line. He didn't stop shooting until he was out of ammo, though.
Tom Bullweed Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 I have chuckled while watching more than one DCM/high-power shooter quickly rip off a shooting jacket when a .308 case went down a neck opening. Those cases from the M1A are too hot to handle for some time after extraction.
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Fired a stage once that was16 shotgun rounds. BP. In August. Down south. You could have lit a seegar on the barrels of my Stoeger when it was over.
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Simple solution. DO NOT USE BLACK POWER IN FIRE ARMS.
Sedalia Dave Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Simple solution. DO NOT USE BLACK POWER IN FIRE ARMS. Now where's the fun in that????
Utah Bob #35998 Posted July 15, 2015 Posted July 15, 2015 Simple solution. DO NOT USE BLACK POWER IN FIRE ARMS. That would be the acme of foolishness.
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted July 15, 2015 Author Posted July 15, 2015 That would be the acme of foolishness. I just got that. Subtle, but that's funny right there!
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 That would be the acme of foolishness. A Wile E. Coyote reference?
Buffalo Bill Mathewson, 37826 Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 That is precisely why short sleeve shirts are outlawed in SASS! SINGLE ACTION SHOOTING SOCIETY Shooters Handbook ~27~ Copyright © Single Action Shooting Society, Inc 2015 Version 20.2 OUTLAWED The use or presence of any outlawed item is a Stage Disqualification. • Modern shooting gloves. • Short sleeve shirts (Male competitors only) Do we want our women to have burnt arms?
Bama Red Posted July 16, 2015 Posted July 16, 2015 That is prezactly why I do not put powder nor primers in my reloads. Nary a scratch or burn. Now that's fine for those shootin' them virtual firearms, but for us normal, right-thinkin', black powder shootin,' folks............
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