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1/4/2014 9:00:11 AM EDT
Got up to visit another shooter, shoot his rifle. Missed the guy next to me hand his teenage son a .308 and man, that kid took one. Blood streaming down his arm from his face, squirted blood around my bench and on the ground.

Thanks, dad!
1/4/2014 9:03:03 AM EDT
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1/4/2014 9:04:42 AM EDT
[#2]
That sucks.  Hope it doesnt turn him away from shooting.
1/4/2014 9:04:42 AM EDT
[#3]
That is not good. Dad was a dumbass.
1/4/2014 9:09:39 AM EDT
[#4]
eek.  ouch.



Would eye protection not prevented that?



 
1/4/2014 9:10:25 AM EDT
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First time I shot a centerfire rifle... I "Point shot" it into a berm, so I'd know what kind of recoil to expect.

May sound silly, but atleast I didn't get kissed by the scope my first time!!!
1/4/2014 9:11:32 AM EDT
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Did that with a .300 ultra mag. It sucks.
1/4/2014 9:12:49 AM EDT
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Yup.  "Magnum Eyebrow".

Seen it happen more than once.
1/4/2014 9:13:56 AM EDT
[#8]
That's why you hip fire new rifles.  Gotta see what the recoil is like before putting it near your face
1/4/2014 9:14:32 AM EDT
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I took a friend to the range a year ago or so and he got scope eye from my AR-15  He loved my Glock though so it was still a good experience overall
1/4/2014 9:15:13 AM EDT
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1/4/2014 9:16:16 AM EDT
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Scope eye on the bench? Lol...

But I'll admit that buck fever gave me scope eye once.
1/4/2014 9:19:25 AM EDT
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I didn't think that was possible.   I shoot with the end of my nose touching the charging handle, and there simply is not enough recoil to cause a scope to cut your brow.  I am sure you could do it if you sharpened the scope ring first.
1/4/2014 9:30:09 AM EDT
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I didn't think that was possible.   I shoot with the end of my nose touching the charging handle, and there simply is not enough recoil to cause a scope to cut your brow.  I am sure you could do it if you sharpened the scope ring first.
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I took a friend to the range a year ago or so and he got scope eye from my AR-15  He loved my Glock though so it was still a good experience overall

I didn't think that was possible.   I shoot with the end of my nose touching the charging handle, and there simply is not enough recoil to cause a scope to cut your brow.  I am sure you could do it if you sharpened the scope ring first.


LOL I got scratched up a bit when I demonstrated the lack of recoil by putting the but against my forehead.
1/4/2014 9:31:58 AM EDT
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My 338 Win Mag kissed my forehead on a caribou hunt last fall....not once, but twice.  I felt the recoil but didn't notice the scope was bouncing off my forehead with each shot.  Felt like an idiot but luckily I was alone and no one was there to make fun of my mistake.