allways use shooting glasses
was shooting into my 22lr trap, with SS .22 at 32 fpe with kodiaks….the trap has a phonebook in it to make it quiet and to catch the pellets which works real well for the most….distance 10 yards
but somehow a pellet escaped ! flew back hit me right on my eyebrow….cut a line, and made blood come out the pores of the skin…this picture was after 30 minutes of ice on it….and bleedign had stopped….it hurt like a mofo when it hit….but even more today the day after ! plus its swollen, and even more visible…
had it hit me in the eye im sure i would have lost it ! i wear glasses so that would have caught it….
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I think and I could be wrong , but the phone book could be the bounce back problem.
I have a 22lr trap and yes it is loud, but the pellets smash down to little lead potato chips.
I packed like 5 bricks of duct seal to the back of my trap with pretty good results taming down the noise factor.
The trap is made to produce a ricochet and trap the pellet, phone book like hard wood can give bounce back !
You are right, safety glasses should be worn when shooting !
A guy on the yellow posted a similar incident that got me wearing mine!!
So everyone out there let this be a lesson, wear safety glasses when shooting. lose your eyesight and pretty much your screwed !
You are lucky cygnus, check this link out, this guys were shooting a high powered rifles, the bullets ricochet and hit right on their heads, 1 of the rifles is a .50 cal 😯
Wow… shit can happen so fast..I had a nipple blow out of a inline muzzle loader once and stick in my head right above my right eye..it knocked me on the ground like someone had hit me with a baseball bat..
oh thats looks a sore one mate . never used shooting glasses mate but looking at that i might have to think more about it
Cygnus, Glad you’re ok. The closer you are the more risk there is in actually being hit with a ricochet. I’ve had .22’s whiz by my head on 35 yard shots into a dirt bank. I always make a point of wearing my shooting classes and a hat with a visor. As an adult I’ve been very fortunate as I’ve never had a direct hit that I noticed… although I did find a flattened pellet in the turned up cuff of my pant leg once. Gives me the goosebumps to think of the silly things we did as kids… we used to try and hit each other with BB’s by ricocheting on the floor or around corners. It a miracle we never got hit in the head or eyes with a slow flying BB.
Always thought that 30 FPE and 10 yards don’t match well. Here is the proof. Glad you r ok.
We all know that but it bears repeating
that was what i was trying to say….we all know it…but i bet more than 3/4 actually wear them, unless in a place like a shooting range where its required.
just earlier same day we was down at the optometrist to order a pair of perscrption shooting glasses, but store was closed …
Damn Cyg! Glad your ok. This needs to be moved to the hunting section lol j/k.
Always wear glasses when around shooting.
We all know that but it bears repeating.
Shoot enough and you will catch splatter. You do what you can to minimize it, but shit happens.
I shoot a lot of steel plate pistol matches, and have caught lots of shrapnel, only once did a piece get buried so deep that a Dr. needed to remove it for me.
hmmm
Get thee to Home Depot. They’ve got it, but it’s pretty hard to find.
Assuming all HD floor plans are relatively the same, find the aisle with the electrical switches and outlets. Go to the far end of it, and there’ll be a small section of non-descript electrical odds and ends. Look down about halfway… there’s a number of shelves, and on one of them, the electrical putty will reside. Sometimes they have a few bricks out, but other times, you need to find the box they come in.
Not there? Then go exactly one aisle over in either direction and repeat the above steps. If it’s in stock, that’s the only area of the store that it’ll be in.
Hope that helps.
Cyg; Several of us on the forum are fans of the movie “A Christmas Story”. Ralfie survied, you will too. We are all glad ‘you didn’t shoot your eye out’. No kidding.
I actually hunted elk with a fella back in 1995 that lost an eye in a BB gun accident. So it really does happen. Take the advice of others and prep your pellet trap with this in mind.
If you take the next step and start shooting super magnums there are a few of us with stories to tell. Years ago I was knocked cold by a scoped Weatherby. From this I learned ‘eye relief’. Lama learned the same thing, the same way. The result is called a ‘Wheatherby Scar’. Mine went away years ago. Check out out Lama’s forehead in his pics and you’ll see what I wore for years.
Then again, women love men with a few scars. Go figure. AKULA
Check the yellow pages for the nearest electrical supply house. If you cant find one you can get it here for the same price as home depot. However you might have to pay shipping.
Maybe you should try an old bath towel inside the trap or even in front of it.
I do that with my basement setup.
The towel is in front and is doubled over for 2 layers (with my paper targets pinned to it..), then several pieces of cardboard, then a plate of steel. (a steel shelf from a salvaged server rack). I have a gap between the cardboard and the steel to help trap pellets.
I’m not shooting anything stronger than my Big Cat, but it works fine for me as any bounce-backs from the pistols are caught in the backside of the towel and just drop straight down. The gap between the cardboard and the steel catches the pellets from the Gamo and the Baikal.
I have plenty of old towels to use as they begin to become shredded…
i have been wanting to get some of that grey putty stuff ….but none of the local hardware stores has it, most have never heard of it….
hmmm
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this post is worthless without pictures !!!
sore eyebrow is all, but imagine if that had been .25 rapid at 55 fpe or the ruger with 100 fpe and 40 grain bullet ….might have been a different story then
I don’t think (seriously) that it wood have freed from the “trap”. Be concerned with what’s beind the PHONE BOOK! âž¡