Behind the Scenes on Sons of Guns: Hot Brass Down Your Shirt
Posted on March 22, 2012 by Natalie in Natalie's Blog, TV
Exhibit A. Ouch.
If you watched the Behind the Scenes episode of Sons of Guns you may recall a scene in which Stephanie and I head to the range so she can prove that she can handle the Desert Eagle. She owned that moment and I was very proud of her for showing all the haters whats up (hee hee). I, however, did not own the moment. I completely ignored my own instruction and paid for it in flesh.
Here is the set up:
Stupid. In the best possible way.
The camera guys, who are awesome, by the way, asked me to stand to the right of Stephanie and slightly behind her. They felt that was the best camera angle. It would have been fine except for the fact that the featured firearm was the notorious .50 caliber Desert Eagle (see photo). This is a mean gun and the only reason to shoot it, unless you are in the Israeli Defense Forces, is for novelty. I have shot it before and once was enough, I can assure you. If you shoot this thing in an indoor range or are near anyone who is shooting it, you can feel the blast of each shot through your whole body. The concussion from the round is *that* significant. As you know if you have shot a semi auto pistol, the spent brass casing ejects to the right, right? And where was I standing in the scene? To the right. But I was behind her, you say. Yes, and that would have been fine, except that the Desert Eagle has so much muzzle rise that, as you saw on the show, the shells ended up right on top of me. That also would have been fine, because I am super duper tough, if you cant tell, except that the burning hot shell found its way down my shirt and singed the bleep out of my skin. See Exhibit A.
Another one hit my arm to a similar effect. See Exhibit B.
Exhibit B
This was not a fun experience, my friends. Probably not as bad as being tazed in the neck two times like poor Kris, but still not pleasant. So what have we learned from this little adventure? Always button that top button and/or wear a top that has a high neck when you are shooting. A scarf will work, too. In fact, I suggest covering as much of your skin as possible when you are shooting to avoid burns like this. Most importantly, any one of these shells could have hit my eyes if I had not worn sturdy, shatter proof eye protection. Eye protection is absolutely key. I would pair a hat with that awesome eye protection (along with your ear protection, of course) even at indoor ranges. If you are shooting with others nearby, brass could come from anywhere and you can not be too careful. Bottom line: Your mom was right. Better safe than sorry. Or in my case, better safe than burned.
The bright side: At least the scar makes for a good story, right?
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I was wondering if that left a mark.
I remember you posting about it. My wife thought you should have moved after the first one, lol
Been there, done that! Ouch!
Soon as I saw you catch that casing I was yelling at my t.v. “I’m Not the only one!!” I’ve a few scars from catching them in my shirt, and nearly had one on my face from catching one on the top of my safety glasses. It hit just right to land between the bridge and my forehead. Needless to say, I found it more important to maintain my composure at the public range then to yelp and toss it out as fast as it had landed lol. I’m fairly new to shooting, but now in the colder months I wear a turtle neck, as for summer, that remains to be seen. I’m thinking I will look at light range jackets with a high neck to help against it. I know how my 45 casings hurt, that shell last night was defiantly bigger, you took it like a champ. =) happy shooting
As you told me yesterday, the hazards of our job! I was watching and you delt with it like a pro. BTW…I think you outshot everyone else on the show last night.
I have a Baby Desert Eagle, it’s a .40 cal, and the brass FLIES out of it too. I always make sure people are WELL away from me when I shoot the thing because I have never seen brass fly the way it does from an eagle … Hmm… wonder if the flying brass has anything to do with them being named Eagles … LOL!!! Loved the show, btw!!! And I <3 Girls Guide to Guns!!! xoxoxo
My two daughters, my husband and myself all cringed and flinched seeing that! DANG girl, that had to hurt, but like you said, you are super duper tough! (And I’m sure the scar is super duper cool!
Yeah, when I saw that scene on the show, I was like “So THAT is what she was talking about!”. Looks like it hurt!
My husband and I both physically cringed at the same time. OUCH!
On Valentine’s. Day I took my partner to the range. I was shooting his 45 because he loves seeing me with such a big gun, but damn if a shell twwice didn’t fall between “the twins”!
ouch
Lol my hubby was wondering why you were standing on that side
When I die, I want to come back as a .50 AE casing! The one that went down the shirt that is!
Had that happen to me before. You’re not alone.
I kow the feeling, Steph. Once, when shooting my Taurus 9mm, the spent casing flew straight back instead of off to the side. Where did it end up? Stuch between my safety glasses and my forehead. I still have a small mark where it burned between my eyebrows.
Watched the episode last night, nice!
ouch
Turtle neck shirts are my favorite range attire for just that reason…lol
Thats never fun
@: Allan…yep. Been there and done that a couple of times!
let me just say that the first time i ever shot a gun, first round, went right down my shirt and burned the hell out of me too. so i feel your pain!!!
OW! Been there too….
I was wondering why you were standing there? It looked like several casings hit you…. Dang camera crew…
and she kept standing behind the other gal during the test fire after getting hot brass down her shirt. what a dumb ass.
Nicole, did you even READ the story above???
Who’s a dumbass now?
I had this happen with a little .22 shell. It hurts!! And it left a mark!!
This happened to me with every single shell when I shot my hubby’s 9mm. It friggin’ hurts!
New market for nomex bra!
Way to take one (or two) for the team. I think the scars are sexy. Want me to come apply some ointment.
Has happen to me before too don’t feel bad. I still got a lil scar . Only mine stuck right between the girls now that was hot and not in a good way. Lol
I learn stand back alil more.
Definitely something every soldier, cop and veteran shooter of semi-autos is intimately familiar with! Just add it to your war-chest. No pun intended! : )
To the right …it is a semi auto they all discharge to the right…don’t listen to Idiots…..
Was it actually a Desert Eagle this time? – http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2011/08/27/sons-of-guns-derptastic-deagle-episode/
Ohhhhh Natalie!
I was screaming at my television…yelling for you to MOVE!!! LOL! Smack those camera-men upside their heads and tell them to stand there themselves next time:)
It was still fun to watch Steph shoot the Eagle though!
I noticed the first brass hit you and thought to my self “she might want to button that… never mind.”
at least you handled it like a champ! i got a .223 brass down the back of my uniform and under shirt (prone position), i jumped up and away from the fire line and while pulling my tucked shirt out the brass went down the back of my pants and down my left leg. OUCH!
almost caught a 9mm casing under my eyelid.thank god i was wearing some serious eye protection. if i wasn’t i would of had an eyeball stovepipe.
I got a shell down my shirt when I went shooting at the range with my hubby. It hurt & blistered but it was fun!