anyone ever damaged by their AR?

**ST911** · 09-26-13, 20:51

Quality eye pro has saved me on several occasions.

Even with all proper precautions, I have had injuries while shooting. While shooting an AR a year or two ago, I caught a jacket fragment in my forehead which embedded itself down to the bone. Stuff happens, but you can mitigate an awful lot of it.

**thebarracuda** · 09-26-13, 21:01

Hope you recover as quickly as possible. I have not been damaged by an ar, but have caught a ricochet while shooting a single action .45 long. A piece of lead came off the steel plate (smooth) and hit me square in the chest, breaking the skin through my t-shirt. Came straight back at me!
That did it for me, ear and eye pro. No exceptions. I was lucky.

**Mjolnir** · 09-26-13, 21:17

I pray you have a quick and full recovery with no further complications.

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**Failure2Stop** · 09-26-13, 23:31

This should be a sticky called "Always wear eye protection".

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**Pierced Armor** · 09-27-13, 00:38

Hope you heal up without any complications. Sorry you were hurt, but you've been a great inspiration to those of us that don't always wear eye protection for whatever reason.

I always do, but now I have verification that it's the right thing to do.

Get well soon.

PA

**sjc3081** · 09-27-13, 00:43

I technically shot myself in the neck with my AR. I shot a exposed well pipe at 100 yards and a fragment came back and hit me in the neck, no blood or penetration.

**ranger_1999** · 09-27-13, 06:42

Thank you for all the kind wishes. It's unexpected honestly. I'll keep an update of my eye. I also got the brass casing that did it, figure I'll hang on to it, seeing it will be the most expensive round I will ever fire.