Riffles are dangerous in so many ways!

[vene-nemesis]

http://www.elrellano.com/videos_onli...aicionero.html

[machine gewehr]

LOL

[fenderhutz]

A riffle (also known as a swift) is a shallow stretch of a river or stream, where the current is above the average stream velocity and where the water forms

I think you meant rifles

But that is one of the funniest videos I have seen in quite a while.

[Relic]

I was a rifle range one time with a friend of mine. He was shooting an SKS if I recall correctly, and I was a little bit behind and to the side of him kneeling to spot his target downrange. He takes a few shots in quick succession and a brass casing takes a one-in-a-million trek through the air and right down into the front of my shirt. My reaction was pretty similar to the guy in the video. I was running around in circles yelling while trying to get the thing out before it went down my pants into an even worse spot. Pretty funny to watch I'd wager. No harm done.

[tplyons]

Yep, those spent casings are HOT.

[Mark Latimour]

I can't watch the video because I am at work, but I figure I know what happens from the posts. Are casings hot enough to injure you, or just hot enough for mild inconvenience? If so, do people get injured as a result of getting casing burns?

[Relic]

I've never had a casing actually cause a burn. (blistering etc) but they do hurt. I imagine that they can probably leave a blister though.
The only time I actually got burned enough to raise a blister was with a flintlock musket of all things. I had been firing it for a while (slow process) and accidentally grabbed the metal part of the barrel at one point. Ouch.. even still they rarely get that hot.

[werbo1]

For some reason I thought you meant Ruffles potato chips and thought to myself, "There aren't any chips in this video."

[Mark Latimour]

Originally Posted by Relic

I've never had a casing actually cause a burn. (blistering etc) but they do hurt. I imagine that they can probably leave a blister though.
The only time I actually got burned enough to raise a blister was with a flintlock musket of all things. I had been firing it for a while (slow process) and accidentally grabbed the metal part of the barrel at one point. Ouch.. even still they rarely get that hot.

Cool. I imagine that other soldiers getting hit in the face with ejected casings during battle must be reasonable common. So I thought that they must not cause too much injury / pose too much of a danger.

[Armueller2001]

Originally Posted by Mark Latimour

Cool. I imagine that other soldiers getting hit in the face with ejected casings during battle must be reasonable common. So I thought that they must not cause too much injury / pose too much of a danger.

Apparently if you're wearing normal glasses and not ones that wrap around, they can get trapped in there and burn your eye pretty bad

[DigMe]

Good job by the soldier of keeping his rifle pointed in safe direction the whole time he was doing that dance and screaming.

bc

[nbw]

I've had a few go down my shirt. Not the most pleasant feeling.
but lol, I've never had one lodged on the butt crack. haha

[Relic]

Originally Posted by Armueller2001

Apparently if you're wearing normal glasses and not ones that wrap around, they can get trapped in there and burn your eye pretty bad

+1. I've seen a guy take a spent casing to the eye from a bolt-action rifle. He wasn't wearing glasses so it didn't get stuck there per se, just gave him a painful scratch on his cornea.
he did this for a while -> but recovered just fine.

[playinpearls]

Originally Posted by Relic

I was a rifle range one time with a friend of mine. He was shooting an SKS if I recall correctly, and I was a little bit behind and to the side of him kneeling to spot his target downrange. He takes a few shots in quick succession and a brass casing takes a one-in-a-million trek through the air and right down into the front of my shirt. My reaction was pretty similar to the guy in the video. I was running around in circles yelling while trying to get the thing out before it went down my pants into an even worse spot. Pretty funny to watch I'd wager. No harm done.

ha! i did that while shooting mine. It was cold in the range, so i had on 2 shirts and a coat, and it went inside all three...they do get pretty hot ... the guy that was with me thought i was gonna shoot him while trying to wrestle that thing out, lol

[Kelly Lee]

I have seen a spectator get a perfect circle cut into their forehead from an ejected case from an HK rifle (.308) before.

Yes, the hot brass dance is no fun. People have shown me scars due to hot brass getting caught in their shirt. Remember, don't tuck in your shirt at the range!

[Turock]

Riffles have rudges.

[69nites]

I mind my brass and expect others to do the same.

[gold_member_321]

I've got them down my shirt before and it isn't a pleasant feeling.

I love how as hes squirming around the other guy just takes the gun from him. I Loled

[CapnSev]

Did anyone else notice that the guy had his shirt tucked in and the shell went down into his pants?

[Armueller2001]

Check out this one lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ABGIJwiGBc