Friend caught a .950 JDJ ricochet at an MG shoot in OH *UPDATE - GoFundMe info + footage on page 5*

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[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Friend caught a .950 JDJ ricochet at an MG shoot in OH *UPDATE - GoFundMe info + footage on page 5* (Page 1 of 6)

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:32:03 AM EDT

A friend attended the machine gun shoot at Southington Offroad Park (SOR) in Garrettsville, Ohio yesterday with some friends of his and ended up taking home an unexpected souvenir. While watching the shoot, he felt a sudden serious pain in his lower leg like someone smashed it with a bat...

~~I know next to nothing about grenades or larger projectiles, but am thinking it's a [Bofors as stated below]~~ ~~40mm round? Mk19 food maybe?~~ I'd love to be corrected, both for my knowledge and to pass the info along to him.TheFirearmBlog.com posted an article on the incident in this thread and was able to identify the projectile as that of one from a .950 JDJ round.
It left him in a cast with an avulsion fracture and one hell of a bruise, but at least he got a cool story to tell girls at the bar.

UPDATE: Link to the TheFirearmBlog.com article

A GoFundMe has been setup and per Striker's approval, I may send the link to any members who either post in the topic or PM me requesting it. I cannot post the link as Kevin has not been a member of ARF for the required minimum of one year. He is self employed as a brand new business owner, so if he is not working, he is not making any money. The injury has him unable to work for the time being, which is going to make it damn difficult to provide for his two year-old child. This is on top of the medical bills that are soon to flood his mail, as he is in-between insurance policies resulting from the recent transition of being an employee receiving coverage to a new, small-business owner.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO DONATE TO THE GOFUNDME, PLEASE SHOOT ME A PM OR MAKE A POST IN HERE REQUESTING IT (Other members with the link; please feel free to share it if you see someone request it) - THANK YOU!!!

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:33:20 AM EDT

[#1]

Woah

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:33:33 AM EDT

[#2]

Damn.

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:33:38 AM EDT

[#3]

Fucking ouch.

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:34:48 AM EDT

[#4]

Holy crap

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:34:48 AM EDT

[#5]

Jesus Christ!

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:35:18 AM EDT

[#6]

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:37:28 AM EDT

[#7]

Wow, what a story!

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:39:12 AM EDT

[#8]

Unable to embed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqOJXKtUnRg

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:40:49 AM EDT

[#9]

Ummmm...that will buff right out?

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:42:23 AM EDT

[#10]

That may buff out

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:43:12 AM EDT

[#11]

Did you do your duty and make fun of him for having cankles now?

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:43:33 AM EDT

[#12]

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Eventually I suppose, but damn

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:47:25 AM EDT

[#13]

That a rubber boot?

Whatever it is, it had to be better than wearing tennis shoes.

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:48:54 AM EDT

[#14]

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:48:56 AM EDT

[#15]

fucking ouch.

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:50:39 AM EDT

[#16]

Were they shooting whatever that is at Steel targets ?

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:52:09 AM EDT

[#17]

hmm, that almost looks like its from some early AT gun/pak gun

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:52:50 AM EDT

[#18]

I've caught some splatter from steel targets, but nothing anywhere near that thing.
Holy crap, talk about dodging a bullet (no pun intended)

Who says only cats have nine lives

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:52:51 AM EDT

[#19]

Damn!

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:53:34 AM EDT

[#20]

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I wasn't there, so I honestly have no idea. Sorry!

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:54:20 AM EDT

[#21]

Attached File

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:55:45 AM EDT

[#22]

Ouch!

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:55:57 AM EDT

[#23]

Holy shit! That had to fucking hurt!

As far as the projectile.."What the fuck is that thing Jay?!? It looks hurt man!"

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:56:03 AM EDT

[#24]

Two words...

Wow

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:57:08 AM EDT

[#25]

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See if you can find out how much that thing weighs, just out of curiosity.
That's about the damnedest thing I've seen in a long while

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:57:40 AM EDT

[#26]

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Cankle

Posted: 7/3/2017 12:57:58 AM EDT

[#27]

Are we sure that thing even came from downrange?

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:07:02 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:
A friend attended the machine gun shoot at Southington Offroad Park (SOR) in Garrettsville, Ohio yesterday with some friends of his and ended up taking home an unexpected souvenir. While watching the shoot, he felt a sudden serious pain in his lower leg like someone smashed it with a bat...

http://a63.tinypic.com/sn1i0w.jpg

I know next to nothing about grenades or larger projectiles, but am thinking it's a 40mm round? Mk19 food maybe? I'd love to be corrected, both for my knowledge and to pass the info along to him.
It left him in a cast with an avulsion fracture and one hell of a bruise, but at least he got a cool story to tell girls at the bar.

http://a64.tinypic.com/1r5l3t.jpg

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Good thing he was wearing boots. Fuck.

If he had been wearing shoes like most do and he might have had a genuinely horrible injury.

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:07:13 AM EDT

[#29]

holy crap

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:09:31 AM EDT

[#30]

Shit

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:10:07 AM EDT

[#31]

Damn that's crazy

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:21:55 AM EDT

[#32]

Damn glad thats all he got out of that! Holy shit!!!

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:22:15 AM EDT

[#33]

Fuck. That could have killed him if hit in the wrong spot. I bet that hurts.

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:23:33 AM EDT

[#34]

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Almost certainly 40mm Bofors

He's lucky he didn't break his ankle.

I did in a non firearms related accident and it has had 3 years now of negative consequences.

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:26:21 AM EDT

[#35]

Definitely the craziest and luckiest story I have seen in a while.

Cool trophy and story for sure

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:31:31 AM EDT

[#36]

Garrettsville...

I'm not surprised.

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:34:18 AM EDT

[#37]

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37mm AP....

A fuckin' Band-Aid ain't gonna fix that!

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:34:27 AM EDT

[#38]

Someone's homebrew solid brass bofors projo...

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:37:03 AM EDT

[#39]

I dropped a 55 pound dumbell on my right foot last Thursday and I thought it looked really ugly all bruised up and purple as it is.

I no longer think my foot looks ugly.

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:40:43 AM EDT

[#40]

Shit
That sucks

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:43:53 AM EDT

[#41]

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:46:24 AM EDT

[#42]

Damn,wonder how much that thing weighs?

It looks pretty heavy and painful

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:48:07 AM EDT

[#43]

Well that will leave a mark.

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:49:14 AM EDT

[#44]

Is it just me, or does it look like they stuck a bandaid over a 40mm bofors wound???

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:54:14 AM EDT

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Tis a flesh wound

Posted: 7/3/2017 1:58:04 AM EDT

[#46]

That's not a mk19 round, the rotating band on that looks old school.

Posted: 7/3/2017 2:02:32 AM EDT

[#47]

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I edited the OP 30 minutes prior to your post to correct myself and cross out the Mk19 portion.

Posted: 7/3/2017 2:04:56 AM EDT

[#48]

Woah, holy fuck! That's no bullet, that's practically an artillery shell. Those muckers probably saved him from becoming an instant amputee. Good gawd!

Posted: 7/3/2017 2:07:30 AM EDT

[#49]

Damn....checked that box!

Posted: 7/3/2017 2:09:14 AM EDT

[#50]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck

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