Young & Stupid

[tim87tr]

38 Special

Wow, lucky. There's no point in me worrying about having a bit of carpel tunnel now.

 

[manifest destiny]

Walk it off!

Seriously, go to the doc. Waiting can only hurt you more.
Now, tell us what caliber.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Complete non-issue. It's not illegal to shoot yourself, on purpose or on accident. There's no "confiscation" that occurs. It doesn't make you a prohibited person. If you don't say you never reported it, the doc will probably just assume you did.

You were overthinking it then, you're more overthinking it now.

 

[Nazgul]

Might have told this before, had a steel plate hanging at the proper angle for lead bullets only. No problem, it was across a small creek at my father in laws. The lead would wash out after a rain and I would go down into the creek to retrieve it for remelting/casting.
Finished shooting one day and reloaded the 1911 with FMJ rounds. Jumped into the creek for the lead. Saw the plate and without thinking fired at it. Now I was much lower and straight on to the plate. The FMJ slug hit me in the belly roll above my belt. It went thru the sweatshirt, denim shirt, and T shirt I was wearing and lodged about an inch deep under my skin. Stayed on my feet but it felt like a hammer to the gut. Pylled the shredded slug out with my fingers.

Wife at the time was a former Air Force trauma nurse, she knew what gunshot wounds looked like. I went home and cleaned it and started some antibiotics I had.

I avoided letting the wife see it for about 24 hrs. Got out of the shower and she walked in, it was rainbow colored from my breast bone to my groin. She recognized it........then the real pain started . She debrided the wound and chewed me out while she was doing it.

Healed fine.

Don

 

[Macnsniff]

Walk it off!

Seriously, go to the doc. Waiting can only hurt you more.
Now, tell us what caliber.

38 special

 

[manifest destiny]

38 special

Ouch. Good news though, you asked for advice and got a lot of responses (some from actual LEOs), you should be good to go at the doc's office. Go.

 

[BigMoose]

This is why we have statute of limitations

Just go see the doc.

 

[printcraft]

Personally, I feel that sign is racist toward Silhouette-Americans.

 

[Ziggidy]

If there is a ransom out for ya, can I bring ya in?

 

[Kdf101]

Not going to be an issue. The real take away here is that this proves that 38 special is a terrible defensive round.

 

[Macnsniff]

Not going to be an issue. The real take away here is that this proves that 38 special is a terrible defensive round.

scary thing is, is was a revolver, and it was the only one, not a hollowpoint

 

[Sigblitz]

Every time; sorry they're making me say this. Every time you shoot yourself in the wrist, a kitten dies. Don't do it.

 

[Mgderf]

Just tell them you dated a Redhead?

'nough said...

 

[Sigblitz]

scary thing is, is was a revolver, and it was the only one, not a hollowpoint

So was it blast from the cylinder?

 

[CitizenX]

Op, it's not like you did it while robbing a bank right? Any info you divulge to doc is voluntary. I would simply say it's an old bullet wound from almost 3 decades ago and leave it at that. Any other questions related to the event would get "the weather sucks" answer.

 

[Squirt239]

scary thing is, is was a revolver, and it was the only one, not a hollowpoint

Dear Mods,

Please delete this thread as if it ever happened.

Seems as if this member was making a hypothetical situation for a friend he may or may not know.

He decided to tell his friend everything is ok as long as he kept his mouth shut as the statute of limitations has run out as long as it wasn't murder or other heinous crime.

Of course this is just a story I wrote not knowing the person nor the situation

 

[Mr. Habib]

38 special

You're lucky it wasn't a .45. It would have blown you in half and probably killed your neighbor's dog, too.

 

[manifest destiny]

You're lucky it wasn't a .45. It would have blown you in half and probably killed your neighbor's dog, too.

Good thing it wasn't a 9mm. He could have blown his lungs out of his wrist.

 

[Kdf101]

Good thing it wasn't a 9mm. He could have blown his lungs out of his wrist.

This^^^^. I heard our CIC say that very thing.

 

[Indyhd]

38 Special

I've seen In and Out with hair on it before, but I don't recall it looking like that