“Oh man, I shot Marvin in the face!”

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“Oh man, I shot Marvin in the face!”

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Well, if my name was Marvin. But I did shoot myself in the face.
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Shooting some steel at about 10 yards.
Bang, ding.
Bang, ding.
Bang, ding, fudge!


I’m very STUPID for not wearing eye protection.
And very LUCKY for catching the bullet with my nose.
It would have been a bad deal had it caught my eye hole.
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Can’t hurt the looks. 😘
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Zee wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:07 pm Can’t hurt the looks. 😘
Nothing can… but chicks dig scars 👍
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You get the shrapnel out?
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Zee wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:37 pm You get the shrapnel out?
There wasn’t any. It was the whole ass bullet.
“The shepherd slaughters more of the flock than the wolf ever will.”
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Wambli Ska wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:15 pm
Zee wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:07 pm Can’t hurt the looks. 😘
Nothing can… but chicks dig scars 👍
Only ones big enough to see....
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I've done the same thing, shooting a steel I beam at 10 yards with a .22 pistol. Hit me in the upper thigh, got my "attention!" But my off hand hip shot was good!! :)
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Zee wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 6:37 pm You get the shrapnel out?
I had a buddy catch a scrap of copper jacket to his cheek, and didn’t dig it out. He finally did a couple weeks later when you could see the green of the copper corroding under his skin

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CPJ is ALWAYS a warning to us all.
9mm kills the body, but .45 ACP destroys the soul!
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You could have been a peg leg, hook, and a parrot away from being a pirate.....
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If anything, it's an improvement. Glocks really are a general purpose tool.
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Glad you’re ok Chris. S..t happens.
Thought about a Forest Gump quote but naa…
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Man glad you’re ok! I was there when a fellow officer took a 1/2 of a slug to the shin! Nasty
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Jeebus man. That was like 1.5" to a close call.
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Justsomedude wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:48 pm Jeebus man. That was like 1.5" to a close call.
Less than that and more close to being blind in one eye. 😳
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FJB wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:14 pm Glad you’re ok Chris. S..t happens.
Thought about a Forest Gump quote but naa…
How about Ron White?
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Dang dude, glad it didn't do worse damage than that. Talk about an "Oh poop " moment!
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The real reason behind cpj's "accident".
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You mean you're not?

https://youtu.be/-vqp0lzr9zc
WWJMBD?

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CPJ 2.0 wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:27 am
Justsomedude wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:48 pm Jeebus man. That was like 1.5" to a close call.
Less than that and more close to being blind in one eye. 😳
All jokes aside, glad you’re Ok, and thanks for sharing. There’s a lesson and reminder for all of us in your post.
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Eye pro is important when shooting close steel. Some would say mandatory. I’ve been hit with spalling quite a few time. So have friends. Only takes once to screw up the rest of your life.
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Zee wrote: Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:17 am Eye pro is important when shooting close steel. Some would say mandatory. I’ve been hit with spalling quite a few time. So have friends. Only takes once to screw up the rest of your life.
Yep. Just the other day I was going to test fire a gun in my barrel and was about to forgo the eye pro and thought to myself that it only takes one screw up so I grabbed them. It was kinda ironic when I saw this post because of that.
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breamfisher wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 9:33 pm CPJ is ALWAYS a warning to us all.
We are all supposed to be an example to others, no one ever said that it had to be a good example. I am kinda on the side of eyes and ears in most things anymore since I figured out I wasnt immortal anymore.

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