• @Cobrachicken
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    213 days ago

    Reminds me of that memorable day I nearly knocked myself out shooting a .357 magnum. Good thing I wore a helmet.

    • @[email protected]
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      113 days ago

      That was me with a 30-06 as a teen. I had only shot .22LR before then, and didn’t hold on nearly tightly enough. I got a nice ring on my forehead from the scope…

      We all need to learn to respect larger calibers at some point, that was mine.

      • Uranium 🟩
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        63 days ago

        Honestly, it takes surprisingly little recoil to do damage.

        My dad managed to split his eyebrow with a little .177 BSA 12ftlb air rifle.

        He didn’t think and rested the scope against his eyebrow; was a blunt, cresent shaped cut. Certainly a good way to learn what not to do

        • @FordBeeblebrox
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          53 days ago

          I split my eyebrow with a .22 lr doing the same thing. Glad I learned the lesson on that before my first time firing a .308 or 30-06