Some of you may have seen my previous posts like this but I have lots of doctor friends and a couple of them always share with me when they have gunshot wounds come in. Here's another one:
One of my friends was telling me tonight about how they recently had a man come into the ER who had been shot directly in the face at close range with a 20gauge loaded with birdshot. It wasn't point blank but it was very close. The man was alert and walking around almost as if he nothing was wrong except that he had a 20gauge shell worth of birdshot embedded in his face and head. None of the shot penetrated the man's skull or made it to his brain.
This just confirms what I already knew. Studies seem to indicate that the minimum shotgun load that offers deep enough penetration to be consistently terminal is 1 buck. I've heard many people say that they load their shotguns with birdshot to avoid overpenetration. I've never felt like that is a good idea and this further reinforces that for me.
brad cook
One of my friends was telling me tonight about how they recently had a man come into the ER who had been shot directly in the face at close range with a 20gauge loaded with birdshot. It wasn't point blank but it was very close. The man was alert and walking around almost as if he nothing was wrong except that he had a 20gauge shell worth of birdshot embedded in his face and head. None of the shot penetrated the man's skull or made it to his brain.
This just confirms what I already knew. Studies seem to indicate that the minimum shotgun load that offers deep enough penetration to be consistently terminal is 1 buck. I've heard many people say that they load their shotguns with birdshot to avoid overpenetration. I've never felt like that is a good idea and this further reinforces that for me.
brad cook