The Star won

[btroj]

Tonight I was going to add some lube to the Star sizer. I always fight the darn plunger assembly getting it out to add lube. I fits REALLY tight. I had it moving along OK and was pulling the it the last little bit out. Yep, it came flying out, right into the side of my nose.
I quickly sensed blood and started swearing like a sailor as that seemed the thing to do at the time. I quickly got the bleeding stopped but it's gonna leave a mark for a while. My wife says it looks like a got in a fight with a hole punch. And lost.

Good news it that this is the most serious firearm related injury I have ever had in over 25 years of shooting. The ego hurts more than anything now. chalk this up as a lesson learned.

First photo shows the wound. In the second photo you can see the round center piece of the plunger in the middle of the bright ring. Thankfully it isn't a sharp edge or who knows how bad this could have been.

[theperfessor]

Ouch! Glad it wasn't your eye.

[Bullshop]

Me thinks you need to put some Bullplate on that plunger.

[1Shirt]

Like the lettering on the pregnant ladies sweat shirt says! "Poo Poo Occurs"
1Shirt!

[btroj]

I have bull plate. Never ever thought of using it there. Now you tell me. I can see it now "Bullshops bull plate sizer plunger lube". Does this mean we need a sticky?

Ok, sarcasm off. I will have to try some bull plate on it. Sure can't make it worse.

Thanks for the idea.

Brad

[runfiverun]

thought i was the only one that done stuff like that.
learned to grab the top so's i only punched myself in the face.

[Fixxah]

Did youy heat the sizer first? Definately easier that way. Glad you lost the fight but not an eye.

[Bullshop]

Brad
Be carful, it may come out at a higher velocity with BP on it.

[HeavyMetal]

I hate to say this, particularly after the fact , but you do know that the ram on top is reversible and screws the ram out as well as in right???

[96wa6]

How does one use Bullplate on the plunger? Where does one put it? Just paint it on? Let dry? Etc?

[x101airborne]

Battle Scar. Makes the ladies go "Woooo...." LOL

[btroj]

I did reverse the ram on top to get things moving. This happened when pulling the plunger the last inch or two and almost the entire spring. Etc was out of the sizer.

As for making he ladies go " Woooooooo", it's been a log time for that. I have a feeling they are more likely to say far stronger things. With my job as a pharmacist it will certainly be a conversation starter at work. Yipee.

And I promise to go easy on the bull plate. If it causes further injury I'll let you know Bullshop. I just can't imagine how it could come out faster than this.

If I could get a photo of the bruise it left on my ego I would post it. Problem is that my ego won't even get out of bed today.

Brqd

[ghh3rd]

Did something like that years ago with a small screwdriver -- tried to pry a plastic fastner out of the wall and the screwdriver slipped off the plastic and stuck into my head just above my eyebrow. A split second before it happened, I realized it wasn't a good idea to by prying like that, but it was too late.

[lwknight]

I have punched myself in the jaw trying to get a drain plug out but never had a prying wreck so far. I'm always a little scary about things that are stuck and in this case , your arms became stored energy like a spring and your face was in the line of fire.

Key operator : " LINE OF FIRE "
Watch out for it.

[ghh3rd]

I remember seeing a couple arm wrestling where rather than locking hands together, they curled and locked their fingers. Of course the unsuspecting participant was pulling very hard, toward his face, and his opponent let go at just the right moment Youch!!!

[BLTsandwedge]

....and how many aside from me got busted by an M60 firing pin & spring assembly?

[HangFireW8]

Battle Scar. Makes the ladies go "Woooo...." LOL

Heh. Look up Tycho Brahe.

[scb]

I hate to say this, particularly after the fact , but you do know that the ram on top is reversible and screws the ram out as well as in right???

Exactly. You don't have to "yank" that plunger out. You can screw it out. The closest analogy I can think of is like a wheel puller.

[looseprojectile]

Bolt and carrier assembly. Don't push on that little lever --- can ruin your spectacle frames and put a lump over your eye. Like lightning. I feel like a fool!
M60s have several ways of hurting a man. Got afoul of a pneumatic charger on a M3 20mm once, really learned a lesson. You guys be careful.
No springs on the old Lyman sizer, I'm safe.

Life is good

[ghh3rd]

So, is that how you chose the handle "looseprojectile"?