Kid shot in the eye at CFOA today.

[cphilip]

Ok those of us out there wanted to make sure this got reported be cause its a bizarre thing and maybe you not even thought it could happen.

The kids fine by the way. Bruised eye but he will be fine...


Let me explain what happened.

He had taken his hopper off and his barrel off. So no Condum on right? I mean no barrel to have one right? Well he sets the marker down on his pack. And at some point it slips or it happens as he is sliding it on to his pack. I not certain which even though he was sitting right next to our tent in the next tent. But anyway there is a ball still in the chamber. It fires out and strikes him right below the eye, luckily, and breaks before it shatters into his eye. Now for some reason the fill of this paint is red! (Not certain why but thats another story) So we are all freaking... and soon after realize it was paint not blood. But he was real lucky it broke on that upper bone first and also lucky there was no barrel on I guess. No telling the velocity of it when it hit him. But from the paint breaking like it did and the signs of a bruise it looks like it was going plenty fast enough to take his eye out if it had hit directly.

So we wanted to report this because it could happen and did happen and you might not realize it is a real possibility. And never is there a marker that does not have a barrel on it that has a comdom on it is there? And often there is a ball still in there right? No matter if the hopper is off as well!

Be carefull guys. This was scary. It turned out alright but just think about it. It did happen. And he was about a 1/4 inch from losing an eye.

[NJPaint]

gah, that is close... Makes me re-think how I disassemble my emag from now on. Thanks.

[Emily]

This was very nerve racking to see. It scared the crap out of me. All we could see was red all over his eye and thought for sure his eye was gone. Luckily his eye was ok. I will make sure from now on that any marker I'm around will be protected with or without a barrel on it.

[i_baked_cookies]

makes me wish my field was safer... the kids coming off the field dont even have their barrel plugs in and they are holding their guns upright, not in the air or towards the ground...

thank god that guy is okay...

[dansim]

he should be glad it wasnt an ir3 when i had mine i could shoot balls a good 25 yards or more without a barrel

[jayloo]

I saw a kid shoot his friend at at my local field CCP. It was his birthday and his his buddy had picked up his marker and pulled the trigger for appearent reason. The ball shot throught the condom and his the birthday boy just below his right eye. All I saw was blood..we though he got shot in the eye. Paramedics came and cleaned him up. Little bruised but ok.

Since this incident I always demand folks have condoms on their guns. Safety first!!!

[argnot]

I am rethinking barrel condoms. I dont think they are so hot anymore. I was at urban assult and this kid came on te field with his condom on and points his gun at a barrel and I was like dude your barrel condom is on and he fires right after I say this. The condom shoots off and his second shot hits the target. I wonder how well a barrel plug works. Anyone have similar incidences?

[cphilip]

Well lets not lose track of the fact that this incident happened with the barrel off and the hopper off... a time when no one normaly has any protection. No one!

[Odder]

A good rule to follow is that always keep you mask on when the tanks are on the marker and never screw in a tank with people around who is not wearing a mask.

[p8ntball1016]

Originally posted by argnot
I am rethinking barrel condoms. I dont think they are so hot anymore. I was at urban assult and this kid came on te field with his condom on and points his gun at a barrel and I was like dude your barrel condom is on and he fires right after I say this. The condom shoots off and his second shot hits the target. I wonder how well a barrel plug works. Anyone have similar incidences?

Barrel plugs can shoot out too. I've done it. Its worse than a bbd flying off. Thats why Rexplex in North Jersey bans barrel plugs.


plus barrel plugs=noobs

[cphilip]

Originally posted by Odder
A good rule to follow is that always keep you mask on when the tanks are on the marker and never screw in a tank with people around who is not wearing a mask.

Most people do not degass thier marker before leaving the playing field.

[DeeEight]

I prefer using a thomson seatpost bag myself...

as they're long enough to totally cover a 14" barrel and wrap the cords around the feed tube. Plus they're made of strong canvas and shooting thru them isn't going to occur.

[barberjohn]

phil, did this happen after i left?? what place did we end up coming in? caleb hasnt gotten on, so i have no clue. sorry for stealing your thread, but i gotta know.

edit- nevermind, i just saw the other thread about CFOA, sorry!

[BobTheCow]

Originally posted by argnot
I am rethinking barrel condoms. I dont think they are so hot anymore. I was at urban assult and this kid came on te field with his condom on and points his gun at a barrel and I was like dude your barrel condom is on and he fires right after I say this. The condom shoots off and his second shot hits the target. I wonder how well a barrel plug works. Anyone have similar incidences?

That's user error, it has to be... when you put a barrel condom over the end of the barrel, you have to make sure to tighten the cords around the feedneck or foregrip or something, otherwise if the marker fires the condom will just fly off (as you described). And also, like p8ntball said, barrel plugs will indeed come out. I am almost positive plugs will fail much more often than condoms.

[Digits]

I've shot my gun at the chrono with balls in and the barrell condom on.. I wasn't used to always having one on (It was my first tournament).. I probablly shot it at least 5 times throughout the day..

And it's still holding up great (It's one from Rogue BTW)