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ChrisBlair · 01-23-2015, 07:20 PM

My 77 year old Dad got injured at the pistol range yesterday. Emergency room trip. Not the injury you might imagine.

Be careful using the equipment and tools at the range. Many people handle, use, and abuse them. It's not like at home, even though you have things like brooms at home.

At the range, somebody can break a broom handle and leave, never telling anyone.

After Pop was done shooting, he grabbed a broom to sweep up his brass. The handle had been cracked.

Dad ended up with a thick long splinter through his ring finger- in one side and out the other- and then into his middle finger, pinning the two fingers together, immobile.

Yowch.

13FastBlkSS · 01-23-2015, 07:31 PM

Yikes! Hope your pops is doing ok!

ChrisBlair · 01-23-2015, 07:39 PM

He's a tough old bird

hrpiii · 01-26-2015, 07:37 AM

just picturing that made me quizzy. Hope he is doing better.

Dizzy82 · 01-26-2015, 09:33 AM

Yikes, I normally worry about being muzzle swept by my neighbors at the range.

01-23-2015, 07:20 PM	#1
ChrisBlair Buick 455 Fan Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Boston MA Posts: 5,957	Be safe at the firing range! My 77 year old Dad got injured at the pistol range yesterday. Emergency room trip. Not the injury you might imagine. Be careful using the equipment and tools at the range. Many people handle, use, and abuse them. It's not like at home, even though you have things like brooms at home. At the range, somebody can break a broom handle and leave, never telling anyone. After Pop was done shooting, he grabbed a broom to sweep up his brass. The handle had been cracked. Dad ended up with a thick long splinter through his ring finger- in one side and out the other- and then into his middle finger, pinning the two fingers together, immobile. Yowch. __________________

01-23-2015, 07:31 PM	#2
13FastBlkSS Drives: 2013 Camaro 2SS/RS M6 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: So Cal Posts: 1,048	Yikes! Hope your pops is doing ok! __________________ 2013 Black / Black Camaro 2SS/RS M6 w/Magnuson TVS2300, ZL1 Fuelpump / ADM FPCM, NPP Exhaust, Cold Air Inductions CAI w/ Scoop, Elite Engineering Catch Can, VMAX Ported TB, OEM 1LE Front Splitter, AAC Ghosted Side Markers, Dropped on BMR Split Drop Springs Build#24869

01-23-2015, 07:39 PM	#3
ChrisBlair Buick 455 Fan Drives: 1970 Buick, 2012 1SS LS3 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Boston MA Posts: 5,957	He's a tough old bird __________________

01-26-2015, 09:33 AM	#5
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01-26-2015, 07:37 AM	#4
hrpiii AKA "Beefcake" Drives: 2023 ZL1 Sharkskin Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Indy Posts: 8,573	just picturing that made me quizzy. Hope he is doing better.