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  • #16
    Originally posted by MW surveyor View Post
    That's one big baggie.
    My CM9 and both of my hands can fit comfortably in a gallon baggie. But the Ripley's Retractor Tool helps keep everything under control when disassembling and assembling.
    Very interesting...

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    • #17
      Ripley's Extractor Multi-tool

      Ripley, thanks for sharing. I discovered that a Ripley's Retractor Tool can also come in handy to captivate the magazine spring so that the spring won't launch when opening the magazine.

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      • #18
        Love the avitar!

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        • #19
          Eye protection's always a good idea whether your working on or shooting any firearm.
          Here's a 230gr ricochete I took to the face after shooting an old rotten tree from a distance of about 30ft.



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          • #20
            Two more shots and that tree is going to fall over. Can't believe it still has green leaves on it.

            Can't figure out how the bullet could bounce back from the tree and hit you as the shooter.
            Last edited by Ikeo74; 07-04-2014, 12:40 PM. Reason: add comment

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            • #21
              Glad you're ok. That was close.
              The only thing better than having all the guns and ammo you'd ever need would be being able to shoot it all off the back porch.

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              • #22
                Originally posted by Ikeo74 View Post
                Two more shots and that tree is going to fall over. Can't believe it still has green leaves on it.

                Can't figure out how the bullet could bounce back from the tree and hit you as the shooter.
                Funny thing is this tree died and I decided to use it as a backstop for my targets to eventually cut it down.
                I've been working on it for about 2 years and just recently it suckered back out like it was to try again....

                It didn't come back with much velocity or I would've been in trouble. It just left some bruising but felt like it knocked my "eye tooth" out.

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                • #23
                  Well, my steel splinter in the eye didn't come from a gun, although it could have. It really came from the exhaust of an old truck I was working under without protection. However, the symptoms were pretty much as described earlier in the thread. However, such a wound can cause a permanent weakness at the site in the cornea, which is what happened in my case. Twice more, because of dry eyes in the morning, the same place has torn again, with the same excruciating pain. I can't really recommend eye protection enough...

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                  • #24
                    Once caught a ricochet bullet jacket in the toe... eyes were safe, but dang that hurt!
                    I was once asked if I was "a paranoid for carrying my Kahr".
                    "Nope" I said, "just prepared".
                    " prepared for what" he asked?
                    "more stuff than you are"
                    God Bless our Troups!

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