Posted: 4/30/2024 1:29:48 PM EDT
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Shooters Bench in Nampa is a well stocked reloading store and had a very nice air rifle range. Super nice folks. Apparently there was an incident last week while refilling an air tank and the owner was badly hurt and building badly damaged. Anyone know the latest on the owner? |
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Holy cow! Filling a tank and have a catastrophic failure? Any idea if it was a gun mounted one, or if it was a bulk tank? Even the small tanks can hold some serious energy if they let go before the burst disk. That sort of thing was always my concern filling HPA tanks at the paintball field because all it would take is someone putting oil in a fill nipple trying to help out a worn O-ring to turn a 3k or 4.5k psi tank into shrapnel while you are holding it right next to your body during a fill. |
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Originally Posted By IDdave: Same Shooters Bench that used to be on Fairview? |
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Originally Posted By Varmint-Hunter: He's doing fine and is in good spirits. He did lose his right foot and part of his leg below the knee. It's a miracle he's alive and that no one else was seriously injured. Thank goodness it wasn't worse. I have scuba tanks in the house, for diving and refilling airguns. Pressurized air is scary. |