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Offline Ron 1

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AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« on: September 16, 2010, 04:55:56 PM »
ok well to start off today is the first day of early doe for shot gun  ;D
i got called to work this mornin    then at ten oclock i shot myself in my trigger finger with a inch and a half staple
at 75# air  from about 3"  :o
yes it went in and stuck out the other side  @#@##@
now my finger is swelled and turnen purple  it could be worser....
      rw
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2010, 04:59:19 PM »
well they sent yu home dint they?just use yur next finger on the trigger! lol juust yankin ya!
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2010, 05:06:32 PM »
Sorry to hear about your injury, but it could have been a whole lot worse.   
Remember when 9-11 happened ?  Many, many people who worked in the twin towers just happened to be sick that morning, and couldn't make it to work.  SO, maybe it just wasn't meant for you to be out there this time.   Hope you heal up a-okay.
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2010, 05:09:47 PM »
Being my own boss, the boss told me to stay at work. As long as I can put part of my finger on the trigger (early doe season started today) then I'll be just fine. :-)
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2010, 05:37:08 PM »
it says you're online so apparently your finger(s) working somewhat

I imagine the pain of you finger bouncing in the triggerguard during recoil is a good wakeup call after sitting still all day  :-X  slug loads?
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2010, 05:42:07 PM »
Never point a staple gun at anything you don't intend to staple. ;)
Yep your lucky. Your lucky it wasn't your shotgun ;D
Soak in some cool epsom salts it'll take the swelling down.

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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2010, 05:55:20 PM »
Hay at least you still got the finger.  Watched a meat cutter cut off his thumb last year with a band saw.  Doctors were able to reattach it, but he has to find another profession.  None of the processors will hire him.

Ron 1:  In the mean time use your middle finger on the trigger.  Works just as good.
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2010, 01:57:47 AM »
Ouch. Heal quickly...
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #8 on: September 17, 2010, 03:41:00 AM »
I think this is why God gave us extra fingers........ ;D
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #9 on: September 17, 2010, 04:32:25 AM »
i like to hunt with my 686 s&w 357  and to use my middle finger to shoot im afraid of the gases that comes out between the cylinder and the barrel hitting the end of my pointer finger.   the staple went in just behind the finger nail. oct. first is opening day for bow i know i ll be good to go for bow.  by the way it hurts worse today,  then what it did when i pulled the staple out. i  think it would be a good idea to wear rubber gloves if i get to clean a deer.
good luck to everyone this season.  8) 8)
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #10 on: September 17, 2010, 01:42:48 PM »
good luck to you too!

if it starts throbbing more and itching open it up and flush it out with peroxide or diluted bleach, you can't blow off cuts ESPECIALLY if they get random grit and oils in them. 
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2010, 05:23:22 PM »
The trigger finger should have been on the trigger. The staple comes out the front of the gun.  ?
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #12 on: September 18, 2010, 03:55:28 AM »
Soak that finger in coal oil.
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #13 on: September 18, 2010, 04:45:50 AM »
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i was stapling corner bead so i had the gun in my right hand and holding the corner bead with my left.
the gun is about wore out and is starting to shoot doubles (pow pow) the first one into the bead. the gun  bounced off the corner and then fired again hitting my left trigger finger just behind the finger nail. it was a new strip of staples so they were clean. so far so good as far as healing goes but it hurts.
went out  last night for early doe and seen a big doe with three babies  so she got a free pass. two hours later a beautiful  eight point buck at twenty yards.   i hope to see him again during bow season.
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Re: AM I LUKY OR WHAT
« Reply #14 on: September 18, 2010, 05:20:04 AM »
Ouch - that's gotta hurt.  As another poster said though - just use a different finger.  My dad had an accident as a kid that caused him to lose use of his top three fingers (thumb through middle finger - including his trigger finger) on his right hand.  They're still there - he just can't feel or move them.  He just adapted to shooting with the finger just above his pinky.  Doesn't work very well for handguns (which he's just never shot much - when he does he bites the bullet and shoots left handed), but with long guns it's just fine, and he's a far better shot than I am.  Just has to be some type of manual action.  Autos have been known to hit the other fingers with the bolt handle as it comes back.  Doesn't really hurt him as he can't feel it, but they still can get cut and such.
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