Almost put my eye out with a 51 Navy

by Bob Hatfield , Tuesday, October 04, 2022, 07:34 (781 days ago) @ JimT

Young and dumb. Shooting at a hard piece of coal mine belt scraper rubber at about 10 feet to see the penetration potential. Probably 20 grains of 3f black and a 80 grain .375 ball. After the first shot I felt something part my hair close to the scalp. I shrugged it off as a flying critter messing with me. After a few more shots I went up to see the carnage. A bunch of dents and one ball sticking out of the rubber and only penetrated about a 1/4 inch. It was then it dawned on me that the first shot is the one that parted my hair. No safety glasses either....................Bob