• sugar_in_your_tea
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    3 days ago

    That was me with a 30-06 as a teen. I had only shot .22LR before then, and didn’t hold on nearly tightly enough. I got a nice ring on my forehead from the scope…

    We all need to learn to respect larger calibers at some point, that was mine.

    • Uranium 🟩
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      3 days ago

      Honestly, it takes surprisingly little recoil to do damage.

      My dad managed to split his eyebrow with a little .177 BSA 12ftlb air rifle.

      He didn’t think and rested the scope against his eyebrow; was a blunt, cresent shaped cut. Certainly a good way to learn what not to do

      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world
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        3 days ago

        I split my eyebrow with a .22 lr doing the same thing. Glad I learned the lesson on that before my first time firing a .308 or 30-06