anyone ever damaged by their AR?

[ranger_1999]

I have owned an AR ever since i was discharged from the corps.
I fired a lot of rounds, as most fellas.
Last friday i was practicing, and took a kneeling shot. The brass ricocheted off an object, i believe my well house cover, and struck my left eye instantly splitting my globe. I was rushed to the ER and underwent emergency surgery. Then monday on follow up checkup i was told i needed another emergency surgery to remove a fragment, which i could see at the time.

SO after all that i had a torn globe at six o clock with stitches, detached retina and a 6mm piece of brass behind my cornea and more stitches in top of eye.

Im on a long rode to recovery with certainty i will regain my eye site.

I was just wondering if anyone has had, or heard, of anything like this?

[Ick]

Bad rifle. Bad, bad rifle.

Glad to hear you will fully recover. I can imagine that would really be upsetting... to have one's eye damaged.

I have seen injuries on here but almost always kaboom injuries. I assume you are asking about injuries from regular use.

[Shawvez]

That sounds pretty horrible. Probably just hearing loss for me.

[ranger_1999]

Bad rifle. Bad, bad rifle.

Glad to hear you will fully recover. I can imagine that would really be upsetting... to have one's eye damaged.

I have seen injuries on here but almost always kaboom injuries. I assume you are asking about injuries from regular use.

Yes from regular use, or had a ricochet off brass injury? I mean this is the most freakish accident. I am a new to this forum as well.

[TAZ]

Damn. That sux. Hope your road to recovery goes smooth and fast.

What kind of eye protection were you wearing? Sounds like all the planets were aligned just right to screw you that day. I've had brass ding off barricades and come back at me but thankfully all I've had were burns from one or two going down my shirt.

[Ryno12]

Curious if you were wearing eye protection?

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[ranger_1999]

No unfortunately i wasnt.

[HackerF15E]

For me, eye pro is just as much part of basic shooting equipment as ear pro.

[Ryno12]

No unfortunately i wasnt.

Bummer. I hope all turns out well for you.
Lesson learned, I presume. Eye & ear pro are automatic for me. There are times where eye pro becomes bothersome, if there's fogging or other issues, but one has to accept the risk should something happen if they're removed.

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[Tzed250]

No eye injury, or anything else from my AR, but I did get a good dose of M1 thumb when I was 11 years old...