I was hit by my own air rifle.

This is why many people use an ablative, or absorptive backstop. I have a cardboard box which is filled with crushed aluminum cans, which is in front of a brick/concrete backstop. As the crushed cans get compacted, I add more to the top of the box. As the cardboard gets ate up (and is at risk of dropping out can bits), I add some fresh tape to the front of it. Any pellet has to go through the aluminum cans twice to hit me, once going in, hitting the concrete, and then again when rebounding back. I have never experienced a rebound. Some people use shredded rubber to much the same outcome.

p.s. I am very glad you didn't do the proverbial "shoot your eye out". Safe shooting, and keep in plugging. 

Buy anymore and my wife will hit me over the head with the gun. Yes have to watch for bounce backs shooting spinner in the house at close range as well. I wear glasses permanently and that helps. CHEERS!

Damn bad luck! I have experienced rebounds whistling near me, from then I stopped shoot thing at less than 30 yards that might rebound or have more careful with the angle on the POI is is close. You should try the lottery...just in case!

I use a couple of kevlar welding blankets behind my close in targets for this very reason - of course ballistic putty is the best. Whatever can absorb a lot of energy with the least amount of fragmentation.

Silly me, I shot a padlock one time with a .45 acp, jacket fragmented and hit right below my nose … now that did STING … and hot too! Wanna try something fun, shoot a couple of old propane (small and empty) cylinders. Darn things fly through the air like a helicopter. 

That’s unfortunate. Certainly bad luck you couldn’t do that again if you tried but it’s a good warning for all of us. SAFETY first eye protection always understand what can happen DOES happen. Not often once is too often 

Thanks for sharing 

Shooting distance is only 3M

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That explains the questions I was going to ask... The fragment you show couldn’t have traveled much further than that with any force.

Glad you ok, Find A find 10m ‘range’

Damn bad luck! I have experienced rebounds whistling near me, from then I stopped shoot thing at less than 30 yards that might rebound or have more careful with the angle on the POI is is close. You should try the lottery...just in case!

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Ok that explains a lot, lesson learned (I figure)

A big truck rubber mudflap or heavy conveyor belting works very well and can be had for minimal or no cost.

This is an unfortunate day, I shot steel, the speed of the bullet is only 245ms 2.2jsb, the bullet rebounded, hit my nose, the wound penetrated, this tells us that shooting needs to pay attention to safety.

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Does the doctor inform police in China? Who will care for your parents if you go to prison?

In the USA doctors are required by law to inform police of any shooting injury, accident or not.

Very lucky. Too close to the eyes. Glad you are OK. As a young boy in the 60's I shot an old rusted metal field disc blade with a .22 Long Rifle at about 30 yards and part of the bullet came back and hit my pants leg. Gotta be careful.

1st, I'm sorry that happened to you! No fun at all..

2nd, The same has happened to me too in the past - Even with ricochets from actual gunpowder rifles..
I have a few scars, and chipped bones to remind me. haha
Honestly, I think that the more we shoot, and if we shoot enough, it is bound to happen at some point or another..

3rd, Great photos! The x-ray shot is really neat!

Feel better fast!

 

Sam -

shot at, and hit, a golf ball at 30 yds...ricochet hit widow directly above and behind me...too close for comfort!

Glad you're safe and well...and have good friends. We're all only human and make mistakes or do stupid things at times...and usually we learn better through first hand experience than through others, or history wouldn't repeat itself

I have a cardboard box filled with old clothes, a piece of old carpet, towels, pieces of old high density foam, anything that's light and I can put inside to keep the weight down and absorb all the pellets. Works great!

I'm glad you are ok!

When I was a young teenager, I shot a BB at a small steel target about 20-30 feet away. It bounced back and hit me right in the right side of my glasses. I was thankful for my glasses that day! The BB's were slow enough to follow them with the naked eye, and I could even see the rebound, but didn't have time to move. I never shot at those steel targets again.

Sorry that happened to you. I’ve had ricochet pellets bounce back and hit me in the chest but didn’t break skin. Made me respect wearing safety glasses when shooting.

youll shoot your eye out kid!

Very glad your ok, gotta think safety first second and third! remember a christmas story, you don't want to shoot your eye out kid!