That hurt!

[Detmongo]

it happens to me partly because my hands are rather on the large size. i was doing a demo for a group a few months ago that run sig.229's and low and behold during the speed reload demo the meaty part of my shooting hand pinky got caught between the bottom of the frame and the top of the mag base plate, it left a nice blood blister. i showed the group i was instructing what had happened and told them to be careful driving the mags home. by the way i saw a few stars when it happened( i survived).

[Atchcraft]

All I have to say is, that's the coolest picture I've seen all day!

[kartoffel]

Those look like 10-8 baseplates, but I've never seen silver ones. It highlights the blood better.

Gonna have to see if I can get my palm to pinch the same way. Been running 10-8's for about half a year so far and haven't managed to draw blood yet.

[one]

I've pinched myself a few times with Glock 26 mags on reloads. Usually down towards the edge of my hand.

Haven't done it with a larger framed pistol in a number of years.

[dieselnut]

Man... I just wrecked the skin on my pinky today doing something very similar. I was wrapping up my range session and went to slam my carry magazine into my carry Sig and... forgot to bring my pinky out of the way. The magazine slid in, locked, but my skin was smashed between it and the frame. I stood there staring at it, in disbelief. Finally ejected the magazine and that's when the blood and pain came rushing in. It bled most of the afternoon, not a fun time.

[nickdrak]

Those look like 10-8 baseplates, but I've never seen silver ones. It highlights the blood better.

Gonna have to see if I can get my palm to pinch the same way. Been running 10-8's for about half a year so far and haven't managed to draw blood yet.

They were all silver when they were first released. I think Brownells still has some silver ones on their site.

[Harv]

Rub some dirt in it... you'll be fine.....

[yesicarry]

Rub some dirt in it... you'll be fine.....

You must have known my Father !!

That "Chunka-Bunch" probably hurts more now than when it happened. Never did that myself but then again you can probably reload a lot faster than I can.. I have to practice this procedure and it ranks right up there with learning Nunchaku's in my teens.. It's gonna hurt a few times before you get it right..

[Magic_Salad0892]

I've had that happen on USPs.

Never had the problem with Glocks though.

Speaking of breaking skin: I did accidentally send the slide home, while I was trying to rub a small piece of carbon or something off of the feed ramps once.

Ouch. Christ. Pinkie finger suffered.

[Julian]

I have developed a habit of training with tactical gloves on. Started with carbine training and worked it's way to pistol.
It's a good training issue. I've had a few trips to the range damaged by just the same kind if injury. I'd hate to spend big bucks for a weeks training just to enjoy it less by this situation. So I've learned to run the carbine and pistol with gloved hands. Has no effect on the non gloved function of the gun.
I have found the best gloves to use don't come cheap. Well worth the expense. A hot barrel can cause similar issues.