Comments on: Near Tragic Accident http://longrangeshooter.com/2008/10/tragic-accident/ A Long Range and Distance Shooting Website Wed, 25 Jan 2012 03:43:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mike http://longrangeshooter.com/2008/10/tragic-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-169 Mike Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:18:14 +0000 http://longrangeshooter.com/2008/10/04/tragic-accident/#comment-169 UPDATE...Thanks again for all of your prayers. God has been moving mightily and has been so very gracious. My eye/facial powder burns have healed so well that you can hardly tell anything had happened if you did not already know. There are only 10 or so pieces of brass left now in my right eye. I have a few more appointments to go. My 20/20 vision has already returned. SO, Praise God in Heaven from whom all blessings flow! I have been out hunting several times already and my Elk/Deer are still out there on the hoof-but not from a lack of trying! :{) UPDATE…Thanks again for all of your prayers. God has been moving mightily and has been so very gracious. My eye/facial powder burns have healed so well that you can hardly tell anything had happened if you did not already know. There are only 10 or so pieces of brass left now in my right eye. I have a few more appointments to go. My 20/20 vision has already returned. SO, Praise God in Heaven from whom all blessings flow! I have been out hunting several times already and my Elk/Deer are still out there on the hoof-but not from a lack of trying! :{)

]]> By: Mike http://longrangeshooter.com/2008/10/tragic-accident/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Mike Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:20:29 +0000 http://longrangeshooter.com/2008/10/04/tragic-accident/#comment-160 Thank you Sean for the great write up and the prayer request. A very special thanks to all of you who did pray for me, fruit to your account. My Father in heaven has been very gracious to allow me to continue to have the use of both of my eyes and so far a speedy recovery. I have had the opportunity to share my testimony with several others telling them of God's glorious wonders and what He has in store for those who put their trust in His Son Jesus Christ. I have been to the eye specialist twice now and have had my eyes scrapped. He has dislodged 200-300 pieces of brass and there is about 45 pieces left. I have to go back again wednesday morning for my last horiffic scrapping and should be done. The remaining pieces will have to stay in there as they are too deeply embedded in my eyes to be taken out. I just now am able to do anything as my eyes are so sore, scratchy and very sensitive to light. I checked out my rifle today for the first time since the incident. The beautiful Murtyle wood stock was split into three pieces length wise. The brand new Adams and Bennet barrel is swollen in the middle. The Pentax 4-16 50mm Gamegetter was hit twice on the bottom possibly puncturing the tube. Both scope mounts were blown loose. The Timney trigger housing is bent. The mauser action bolt is bent and the extractor is broken. So far I believe I am able to salvage the muzzle brake, the sling mounts and the decellerator pad! Now it looks like I get to purchase a new Weatherby .300 Mag from Joe's Sporting Goods for their advertised sale pirce of $349.00! Praise God and pass the ammo! Thank you Sean for the great write up and the prayer request. A very special thanks to all of you who did pray for me, fruit to your account. My Father in heaven has been very gracious to allow me to continue to have the use of both of my eyes and so far a speedy recovery. I have had the opportunity to share my testimony with several others telling them of God’s glorious wonders and what He has in store for those who put their trust in His Son Jesus Christ.

I have been to the eye specialist twice now and have had my eyes scrapped. He has dislodged 200-300 pieces of brass and there is about 45 pieces left. I have to go back again wednesday morning for my last horiffic scrapping and should be done. The remaining pieces will have to stay in there as they are too deeply embedded in my eyes to be taken out. I just now am able to do anything as my eyes are so sore, scratchy and very sensitive to light.

I checked out my rifle today for the first time since the incident. The beautiful Murtyle wood stock was split into three pieces length wise. The brand new Adams and Bennet barrel is swollen in the middle. The Pentax 4-16 50mm Gamegetter was hit twice on the bottom possibly puncturing the tube. Both scope mounts were blown loose. The Timney trigger housing is bent. The mauser action bolt is bent and the extractor is broken.

So far I believe I am able to salvage the muzzle brake, the sling mounts and the decellerator pad! Now it looks like I get to purchase a new Weatherby .300 Mag from Joe’s Sporting Goods for their advertised sale pirce of $349.00! Praise God and pass the ammo!

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