I was on the range with a student a few weeks ago. Student was shooting a revolver which either had a slightly loose cylinder or was slightly out of time.
The gun went bang and I felt something like a needle sticking me in the forehead. I pretty much knew what it was right away, and sure enough, a little bit of the bullet had shaved itself off entering the forcing cone and flown backwards and to the side where I was standing. If it had hit a little bit lower, and if I had not had on my eyepro, it would have stuck in my eye instead of my skin.
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Re: Why We Always Wear Eye Protection!
RossA wrote:I was on the range with a student a few weeks ago. Student was shooting a revolver which either had a slightly loose cylinder or was slightly out of time.
The gun went bang and I felt something like a needle sticking me in the forehead. I pretty much knew what it was right away, and sure enough, a little bit of the bullet had shaved itself off entering the forcing cone and flown backwards and to the side where I was standing. If it had hit a little bit lower, and if I had not had on my eyepro, it would have stuck in my eye instead of my skin.

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What make of revolver was this? I have heard of some Charter Arms doing this, because the cylinder doesn't precisely line up with the barrel.
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Re: Why We Always Wear Eye Protection!
It was an older S&W. When I looked at it, the cylinder didn't seem particularly loose or wiggly, but maybe it wasn't timed just right, or it was just barely loose enough to shave a little off of the bullet.
I told the student to take it to a gunsmith to be checked out for safety's sake.
I told the student to take it to a gunsmith to be checked out for safety's sake.
God and the soldier we adore,
In times of danger, not before.
The danger gone, the trouble righted,
God's forgotten, the soldier slighted.
In times of danger, not before.
The danger gone, the trouble righted,
God's forgotten, the soldier slighted.
Re: Why We Always Wear Eye Protection!
My friend was a State champion pistol shot. She was practicing before a match when a fellow competitor shot a rock, the recochet knocked my friends cap off.