who's got the "scope scar" - Page 2

Doyle · July 5, 2007, 02:12 PM

I hope you aren't right. I don't need any more scars.

Odd Job · July 5, 2007, 03:57 PM

I had the most bizarre scope mishap, but no scar.

It was in the early days when I upgraded my crossbow from recurve to compound. The upgrade included a new scope, which I obviously didn't screw down tightly enough. This was a 4x32 that sits on the crossbow's 14mm dovetail rail. Now I didn't realise at the time that the recoil on a crossbow is significant in terms of dislodging a scope on a smooth rail like that. I remember the shot clearly: the scope came backwards off the rail, brushed my nose and hit the ground. A tiny little chip of metal came off the objective rim and I was really sour.
I didn't spare the tightening efforts after that. The crossbow is quite vicious on scopes, but mainly the reticles. I have gone through four scopes already and I'm on my fifth one now. All of them were either original crossbow scopes or spring-gun rated scopes. It doesn't matter, my crossbow eats 'em all.

Jason_G · July 5, 2007, 04:17 PM

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Jason G and Doyle will be next. If you don't think it can/will happen to you, it will.

Not if you shoot irons

Jason

Yellowfin · July 5, 2007, 09:05 PM

Not quite scope scar, but while in my favorite stand I had a wasp crawl down my scope once while looking at a deer and it bit me on the face. I guess that counts, eh?

Jason_G · July 6, 2007, 10:14 AM

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Not quite scope scar, but while in my favorite stand I had a wasp crawl down my scope once while looking at a deer and it bit me on the face. I guess that counts, eh?

Ouch! Now that sounds more like my luck.

Jason

Scorch · July 6, 2007, 03:07 PM

I watched a friend do it twice in one day. The first time bled just a little for a minute or so, but it puffed up his eyebrow pretty good. The second one gushed like Old Faithful, and that was the end of shooting for the day. It bled all the way back to the car, and we had to hold ice on it for about 1/2 hour to get it to stop. He took that Bushnell scope off the next day and put a Leupold on because of the longer eye relief.

Jason_G · July 6, 2007, 03:45 PM

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I watched a friend do it twice in one day.

LOL, OMG! I bet he felt like a banged up prize fighter. It might happen to me one day, but I reckon I'll learn the first time. Man...

Jason

SpookBoy · July 6, 2007, 04:37 PM

Not me but my uncle got a whopper with a 30-378 wby.mag. OUCH!

Sharps · July 10, 2007, 04:11 PM

I got a good one once with a .338 Win. mag, at least I hit the target.

P-990 · July 10, 2007, 08:41 PM

Amazingly, I've never drawn blood from it, but I think I've been bounced by EVERY scoped rifle I've ever shot. Nope, not every one, lucked out the other night with an '06, but only because I HAVE been bitten before.

My .260 Mountain Rifle would occasionally bite me. My .44 Magnum Ruger lever action would bite too. Also got bit by a Ruger 77 in .300 WSM. The common denominator? All are stocked short, although at some kind of "standard" LOP. Don't have any of them any more either.

Now, I have also been whacked by the hammer on my TC Encore. Shooting a 6-lb .45-70 or .50x209 muzzleloader from the bench seems to be bad mojo for me. If either of these barrels get scoped, you can bet it will be long-eye-relief, low-power jobs.

defence18 · July 11, 2007, 06:32 PM

The closest I've been is my father's .45-70 Browning High Wall. He's got a tang peep sight on it, and shoots max loads (350 grains moving at 2200 fps). The tang sight comes up and whacks me on the bridge of my nose.

Kreyzhorse · July 14, 2007, 05:42 PM

I didn't scar from it, but my Savage 110 shooting 7mm Rem Mag jumped up and hit me hard. My buddy saw it happen, looked at me and said "You aren't bleeding, bad."

FirstFreedom · July 22, 2007, 10:25 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHIowZ9JftA

Full-choke · July 25, 2007, 09:04 AM

Got a blackeye when I was about 14 from a Marlin 336 in 30-30. That was the worst I ever did. My buddy got 3 stitches from his 50 cal muzzleloader on his very first shot with it. It sent him head-over-heels backwards right off the bucket he was sitting on. Funniest darn thing I ever saw, needless to say he has a done lot better with it in the more recent past.

Omega blood · July 27, 2007, 06:58 AM

If you had been wearing safety specs like your supposed to, you wouldn't get a scar.

I remember the second time I ever went shooting I tried my buddies 30-06. I had my eye (safety specs on) close to the scope. Pulled the trigger and OUCH!!!

Andrew93 · November 21, 2007, 06:39 PM

I dont have mine yet but my dad has had it happen twice. My rifle hit me in the eye but it wasnt very hard luckily.

zahnzieh · November 22, 2007, 01:15 AM

Got my first scope-eye shooting a .338 Remington - a real butt-kicking caliber. Only I wear prescription glasses - the frame of which was embedded in my fore-head - glasses were never the same after that - optometrist had a good laugh. stupid and expensive!

Hawg · November 22, 2007, 04:45 AM

Nope.

Malexander · November 22, 2007, 05:54 PM

I prefer to call it an 'idiot cut' and yes I did get one, not to bad once.

I was in the woods plinking in the middle of summer, it was 97 degrees and I was sweating like a pig (being British I have frightfully thick blood) and my Winchester Model 70 .30-06 fricking slipped through my hands and the scope hit me in the fore head. It was very very stupid. Funny, but stupid.

I didn't leave a permenant mark, it faded after a couple of days.

I do have a big scar above my left eye from being hit my a flying rounders bat (think baseball bat but shorter and about the same weight) but that's another story where someone else was an idiot.

Kentucky Deer Hunter · November 23, 2007, 08:59 AM

This past weekend by brother was hunting alone in a treestand. He saw a buck that was worth taking and sighting in on it. The treestand he was in was a permanent buddy stand with a shooting rail so he decided to take his time and get real comfortable. With all the excitment going on in his head, he did not put the rifle right against his shoulder and squeezed of a round. He said the scope hit him so hard in the nose he blacked out for a second. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought he was the one who got shot. There was blood everywhere, and now he has a crooked nose!

I think he broke it, but he won't go to the hospital

.

Oh well, deer was down and we finished our job...

July 6, 2007, 03:07 PM	#31
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	I watched a friend do it twice in one day. The first time bled just a little for a minute or so, but it puffed up his eyebrow pretty good. The second one gushed like Old Faithful, and that was the end of shooting for the day. It bled all the way back to the car, and we had to hold ice on it for about 1/2 hour to get it to stop. He took that Bushnell scope off the next day and put a Leupold on because of the longer eye relief. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

July 6, 2007, 04:37 PM	#33
SpookBoy Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2006 Location: mid tennessee Posts: 430	Not me but my uncle got a whopper with a 30-378 wby.mag. OUCH! __________________ We all love gun p*rn, weather shes skinny,fat,short or tall, God made a man to love them all! "Once you familiarize yourself with the chains of bondage , You prepare your own limbs to wear them." - Abraham Lincoln

July 10, 2007, 08:41 PM	#35
P-990 Senior Member Join Date: May 2, 2002 Location: Only1/2WayThere Posts: 1,316	Amazingly, I've never drawn blood from it, but I think I've been bounced by EVERY scoped rifle I've ever shot. Nope, not every one, lucked out the other night with an '06, but only because I HAVE been bitten before. My .260 Mountain Rifle would occasionally bite me. My .44 Magnum Ruger lever action would bite too. Also got bit by a Ruger 77 in .300 WSM. The common denominator? All are stocked short, although at some kind of "standard" LOP. Don't have any of them any more either. Now, I have also been whacked by the hammer on my TC Encore. Shooting a 6-lb .45-70 or .50x209 muzzleloader from the bench seems to be bad mojo for me. If either of these barrels get scoped, you can bet it will be long-eye-relief, low-power jobs. __________________ NRA Master, Highpower Rifle, Across-the-Course NRA Expert, Highpower Rifle, Mid-Range Prone

July 14, 2007, 05:42 PM	#37
Kreyzhorse Senior Member Join Date: April 12, 2006 Location: NKY Posts: 12,463	I didn't scar from it, but my Savage 110 shooting 7mm Rem Mag jumped up and hit me hard. My buddy saw it happen, looked at me and said "You aren't bleeding, bad." __________________ "He who laughs last, laughs dead." Homer Simpson

July 25, 2007, 09:04 AM	#39
Full-choke Senior Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 617	Got a blackeye when I was about 14 from a Marlin 336 in 30-30. That was the worst I ever did. My buddy got 3 stitches from his 50 cal muzzleloader on his very first shot with it. It sent him head-over-heels backwards right off the bucket he was sitting on. Funniest darn thing I ever saw, needless to say he has a done lot better with it in the more recent past. __________________ TC Encore -6mm Rem Rifle; Ruger 10/22; Ruger 10/22 Ultimate; Stoeger Condor 20; ; Remington 1100 12; Stoeger 22 Luger; Taurus PT1911; Ruger SR40c God gave us the gift of life. It is the most precious gift ever. To be unarmed is to be helpless to protect that gift; that is outright irresponsible. - Ted Nugent

July 5, 2007, 02:12 PM	#26
Doyle Senior Member Join Date: June 20, 2007 Location: Rainbow City, Alabama Posts: 7,167	I hope you aren't right. I don't need any more scars.

July 5, 2007, 03:57 PM	#27
Odd Job Senior Member Join Date: January 2, 2006 Location: London (ex SA) Posts: 476	I had the most bizarre scope mishap, but no scar. It was in the early days when I upgraded my crossbow from recurve to compound. The upgrade included a new scope, which I obviously didn't screw down tightly enough. This was a 4x32 that sits on the crossbow's 14mm dovetail rail. Now I didn't realise at the time that the recoil on a crossbow is significant in terms of dislodging a scope on a smooth rail like that. I remember the shot clearly: the scope came backwards off the rail, brushed my nose and hit the ground. A tiny little chip of metal came off the objective rim and I was really sour. I didn't spare the tightening efforts after that. The crossbow is quite vicious on scopes, but mainly the reticles. I have gone through four scopes already and I'm on my fifth one now. All of them were either original crossbow scopes or spring-gun rated scopes. It doesn't matter, my crossbow eats 'em all.

July 5, 2007, 09:05 PM	#29
Yellowfin Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2007 Location: Lancaster Co, PA Posts: 2,311	Not quite scope scar, but while in my favorite stand I had a wasp crawl down my scope once while looking at a deer and it bit me on the face. I guess that counts, eh?

July 10, 2007, 04:11 PM	#34
Sharps Member Join Date: May 26, 2006 Posts: 37	I got a good one once with a .338 Win. mag, at least I hit the target.

July 11, 2007, 06:32 PM	#36
defence18 Member Join Date: May 6, 2007 Posts: 39	The closest I've been is my father's .45-70 Browning High Wall. He's got a tang peep sight on it, and shoots max loads (350 grains moving at 2200 fps). The tang sight comes up and whacks me on the bridge of my nose.

July 22, 2007, 10:25 AM	#38
FirstFreedom Junior member Join Date: May 31, 2004 Location: The Toll Road State, U.S.A. Posts: 12,451	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHIowZ9JftA

July 27, 2007, 06:58 AM	#40
Omega blood Senior Member Join Date: November 7, 2005 Posts: 161	If you had been wearing safety specs like your supposed to, you wouldn't get a scar. I remember the second time I ever went shooting I tried my buddies 30-06. I had my eye (safety specs on) close to the scope. Pulled the trigger and OUCH!!!

November 21, 2007, 06:39 PM	#41
Andrew93 Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2007 Location: sneaking up on you Posts: 106	I dont have mine yet but my dad has had it happen twice. My rifle hit me in the eye but it wasnt very hard luckily.

November 22, 2007, 01:15 AM	#42
zahnzieh Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2006 Posts: 206	Got my first scope-eye shooting a .338 Remington - a real butt-kicking caliber. Only I wear prescription glasses - the frame of which was embedded in my fore-head - glasses were never the same after that - optometrist had a good laugh. stupid and expensive!

November 22, 2007, 04:45 AM	#43
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,188	Nope.

November 22, 2007, 05:54 PM	#44
Malexander Senior Member Join Date: November 3, 2007 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Posts: 118	I prefer to call it an 'idiot cut' and yes I did get one, not to bad once. I was in the woods plinking in the middle of summer, it was 97 degrees and I was sweating like a pig (being British I have frightfully thick blood) and my Winchester Model 70 .30-06 fricking slipped through my hands and the scope hit me in the fore head. It was very very stupid. Funny, but stupid. I didn't leave a permenant mark, it faded after a couple of days. I do have a big scar above my left eye from being hit my a flying rounders bat (think baseball bat but shorter and about the same weight) but that's another story where someone else was an idiot.

November 23, 2007, 08:59 AM	#45
Kentucky Deer Hunter Senior Member Join Date: November 27, 2006 Location: Central Kentucky Posts: 110	This past weekend by brother was hunting alone in a treestand. He saw a buck that was worth taking and sighting in on it. The treestand he was in was a permanent buddy stand with a shooting rail so he decided to take his time and get real comfortable. With all the excitment going on in his head, he did not put the rifle right against his shoulder and squeezed of a round. He said the scope hit him so hard in the nose he blacked out for a second. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought he was the one who got shot. There was blood everywhere, and now he has a crooked nose! I think he broke it, but he won't go to the hospital. Oh well, deer was down and we finished our job... __________________ It's all fun and games until a piece of hot brass goes down your shirt... Imagine if every outdoorsman taught the sport to 2 young people -----> *What are you doing to save our sport?*