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This is a good post to remind people shooting and around shooters to wear eye protection. I was at a friend's range a couple of years ago. A Chapui double rifle [big] was being sighted in at the hanging cast iron or steel swinging targets at 50 yards. I was standing behind the shooter to the left as he shot. Schrapnel from the shot came directly back at us and one piece pierced my canvas pants, drawing blood from a skin cut beneath the material. I am not sure of the physics of this, but it happened.

I think there are more erratic pellets escaping the swarm than we realize. At times they may be the only thing helping my shooting! And the number of times I have been hit by target pieces is more than enough to convince me to wear the toughest shooting glasses I can afford.

I have likewise been hit with a pellet that bounced off a target, though it did not penetrate my skin.

A lot of years ago I had a lead wadcutter bullet from a .38 Special target load in a revolver bounce off a tree and hit me in the chest. It bounced off me, no penetration, but I was left standing there shaking. No glasses (last time that happened).

Wear the safety gear.

Drew, I've read that story twice. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it was Nash Buckingham who wrote it.
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