So yesterday I had a very eventful day at the range with a buddy of mine that brought safety home for me. Till yesterday I’ve never had a dangerous day at the range, but the trust in my friend went up ten fold by his reactions. Let me tell you what happened. First while shooting some JHP rounds we had not one but two squibs. First one was obvious we both stopped what we were doing cleared the gun and got the round out of the barrel. Second one wasn’t so obvious at least not to me. Shooting a different gun from the first squib I pulled the trigger saw a flash and thought the round went down range. My buddy yelled out ceasefire. I stopped looked around and cleared my firearm. He told me I had another squib. Sure enough I did this one was a little harder to clear out of the barrel but we got it. Deciding to go onto a different caliber for a little bit we move onto shooting .45’s. While shooting at some action targets my buddy was shooting my XDs .45 mod2 he shot a little bit low on target no big deal till the round came back and hit me in the leg. Thank god there was no penetration but I do have a good bruise on my inner thigh. Totally a fluke accident nothing we could’ve done would’ve avoided it. My buddies reaction surprised me tho (He must have seen the round coming back our direction) he immediately clears the gun sets it down and makes sure I was good. We Analyzed the situation and called it a night. Had that round penetrated it most likely would’ve hit my femoral artery. My takeaway from this whole thing. First make sure you never shoot alone. Take someone you trust to shoot with you (Thankfully I did, this event just affirmed this teaching). Secondly make sure you bring a first aide kit with you. If that would’ve went south I wouldn’t have been prepared (I left my trama kit at home by accident). Be safe y’all.
