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y0diggity:
I'm not sure if there's a standard, unwritten rule, for this sort of thing; but do you go to the range alone? Where I live, the range I belong to is often pretty well deserted. So a lot of the times I go out there, it's just me on the range. The range is about 10 miles outside of town in the country.
I was just wondering what you guys think about the thought of going out to the range in this situation alone. I take my cell phone (obviously) and I'm ordering an IFAK to keep in the FJ, just in case I need to treat a nasty wound. I was just curious. I've seen video and heard stories about guys who are very experienced and end up ventilating their leg or something.
I spend a good amount of time at the range and I always think about this when I'm out there. The kit I'll be ordering includes quick-clot as well as a chest-wound patch. I know it's highly unlikely that it'd be used, but I want to try to be safe.
Thoughts?

Lorimor:
I shoot by myself all the time.  Maybe it's not a good idea but it's difficult to find a range partner with similar time schedules and goals. 

Maybe it's dangerous but then, nobody lives forever.

sjwsti:

--- Quote from: y0diggity on October 02, 2012, 10:38:41 AM ---I'm not sure if there's a standard, unwritten rule, for this sort of thing; but do you go to the range alone? Where I live, the range I belong to is often pretty well deserted. So a lot of the times I go out there, it's just me on the range. The range is about 10 miles outside of town in the country.
I was just wondering what you guys think about the thought of going out to the range in this situation alone. I take my cell phone (obviously) and I'm ordering an IFAK to keep in the FJ, just in case I need to treat a nasty wound. I was just curious. I've seen video and heard stories about guys who are very experienced and end up ventilating their leg or something.
I spend a good amount of time at the range and I always think about this when I'm out there. The kit I'll be ordering includes quick-clot as well as a chest-wound patch. I know it's highly unlikely that it'd be used, but I want to try to be safe.
Thoughts?

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Make sure the IFAK has a good commercial tourniquet (CAT/SOFT-T). An IFAK wont do you any good in your truck if you cant get to it in time. It needs to be with you or in your range gear so its close. Make sure you really know how to use everything in it. When you only have a couple minutes left of consciousness isnt the time to be taking your tourniquet out of the package or figuring out how to pack a wound properly.

If Im going out by myself I make sure to tell someone and have a scheduled time to check in or they will know somethings wrong. Read the book "127 Hours" if you think that is over doing it.

I have personally witnessed a number of severe injuries on private and public ranges (not all due to gunshots). Most due to carelessness by an individual that couldnt be stopped, some as simple as tripping and falling onto something sharp. Needing the training and equipment to treat a life threatening injury on a range, on the street or at home may not be as unlikely as you think.

- Shawn

bk09:
I prefer going alone. I primarily used an outdoor range with a small pistol pit and dirt piles at 100,200,300, and 400 yards with only 1 bench for all the rifle and 1 bench for pistol. Beats the heck out of crowded indoor ranges where it is a pain collecting your brass (probably why I like revolvers) and allows you to go downrange and swap out targets whenever you want. Only problem I could foresee would be a bad reload would blow up my gun and then I would be on my own with my injuries. I still always kept my guns unloaded when going down range or walking closer to the pistol berm so tripping and discharging would never be a possibility. I also don't like indoor ranges because the concussion from my 500 mag would rock everybody around me, last time I was at the bullet hole there was a guy 3 lanes over who came to see what I was shooting since he could feel the concussion.

Ivars:
Shooting rifles lessens the danger of shooting yourself :P

Seriously though, my uncle was in this position last year while Walleye fishing.  He wasn't shooting the fish, but he slipped on the rocks and broke his leg.  Late at night and cold as hell meant no sane person was out at the lake that night.  He had to drag himself to the car and drive back to town.

Sometimes that is the risk of doing something you love.  Fishing, motorcycling, shooting.  Life would be boring without some danger.

 

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