ND'ed .45...

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Warning, the link below will take you to an unpleasant and bloody picture- not for the faint of heart. Not kidding here, this is nasty but provides a teaching point about being careful, being rigid about the 4 rules, etc.

Anyone else think he was maybe using a serrated- front slide press check move here?

http://www.ogrish.com/view_attachment.php?id=23861


and for the exit wound, if you REALLY have a strong stomach:

http://www.ogrish.com/view_attachment.php?id=23860

Don't let this happen to you...

lpl/nc
 
Thanks for posting that. I shot my hand once with a 9mm +P. I was going to post a picture but its not very interesting. Looked like Mosquito bite.

:D
 
That exit wound is horrendous.

Do you think it is from being so close to the muzzle blast, or just from the bullet?
 
Not for the weak of stomach but it is a graphic lesson on what being an idiot gets you.

*bites into hamburger*

WHAT?!
 
Interesting site too, really like the guy who tried to set of an aerial shell for the 4th of July and it failed to fire, at least until he looked down the tube. One more removed from the gene pool.

:what:
 
YYYyyyyeeooOOOuUUChhhHH!! Yep, my father in law, a Korean war veteran used to tell how a hit anywhere, even in the hand with the .45 would knock a person down. Anyone care to disagree??
 
Couldn't you have posted this before lunch? I am going to loose it now. :( Deffinately a good reminder.


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The bigger the caliber, the more effect muzzle gases will have, at contact and near-contact-distance distances.

Remember, blanks will do almost that much damage if you're too close to the muzzle!:eek: Contact and near-contact rifle wounds are even more nasty, especially when you look inside an abdominal or thoracic cavity that's "involved.":barf:
 
This isn't what happens to Bugs Bunny!

And he sticks his finger IN the barrel.
 
Looks like Glock hand. I knew a guy that did that, went strip his glock for cleaning. He remembered he hadn't dry fired it when the lever wouldn't release so he dry fired it. Without moving his hand from in front of the barrel. Well, it wasn't a dry fire, he forgot to clear it too, not unheard of with that takedown system actually. The same goes for any S&W Sigma shooters too, same system.
 
Yeah, that's about what I was expecting. Lots of bone in the hands -- extra shards flying around as soon as the bullet enters. It's going to come out nasty looking.

Now I know what a tendon looks like too -- at least I think those were tendons. I'm no doctor though.

I don't want to get on a soap box or anything here, or create a raging debate, but.... while I'm not surprised that members here think this is gross to look at (it is) I'm surprised that some are unwilling. This is what guns do. They are intended to cause damange to tissues and general havoc on the body to keep it from functioning.

This was somebody that generally does what we do and got mangled for it because they weren't paying attention. It's an ugly part of gun ownership. Hopefully it wont' happen to any more of us here.

But, the other ugly part of gun ownership and self responsibility is that you're equiping yourself to do that (or worse) damage to another human being. God forbid we ever have to, but it could happen.

This is an example of a gunshot would with no criminal and no victim. I wouldn't ever want to see a picture of an innocent human being killed with a firearm. Somehow that's just different to me. This is the most "innocent" gunshot wound I can think of. A careless person shot themselves in the hand. it doesn't get any prettier than that if you ask me (although it's still ugly).

It's reasonable to be able to look at this with zero emotions for the "victim" if you ask me. You can analyze the damage here without getting emotional. Sick to your stomach? I suppose.

Of those that don't dare look at it, how many of you hunt or have hunted? Ever helped field dress an animal? I'm just curious on that one.
 
Very interesting, thanks for sharing. I've saved both pictures, which will be shown to every new shooter I take out before their given the rundown on safety procedures.
 
Do you know any additional details about how it happened? It appears to be a contact wound on the palm, suggesting that he was pushing on the muzzle of an automatic pistol and when it returned to battery it went off.

Or he pulled the trigger on a revolver while holding his hand over the end of the barrel. Dumb, but it has happened.

Whatever, I bet he doesn't do it again.
 
re: Ouch

Yep. Contact or near contact wound. Expanding gases
do a lot of tissue stretching, and secondary missles...bone
fragments...create a large exit wound. Bad JuJu...Goodbye
hand.

'Twas also submitted:


Yep, my father in law, a Korean war veteran used to tell how a hit anywhere, even in the hand with the .45 would knock a person down. Anyone care to disagree??
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Yep. Me...

A hit in the hand would produce about the same amount of "knockdown" as firing the gun...actually a little less due to the dwell time and surface area involved. Now...it just might make ya wanna fall down and cry...but knockdown power in any handgun caliber is a myth. Newton's Law of
motion dictates that for every action, there's an equal and opposite reaction...equal being the key word. How could the bullet hit harder than
the gun kicks?

To repeat one of my favorites...

Your pistol is NOT your friend. It's as dangerous as a rattlesnake, and should be regarded as hostile at all times.

Pretty sure it was Colonel Askins who said that...
:cool:

Cheers!

Tuner
 
how many of you hunt or have hunted? Ever helped field dress an animal
Click to expand...

Baah, everyone knows that chicken and beef get made just like VCRs (whoops, I mean DVD players) and cellphones. No blood or mess, right? And guns are magic talismans, so you don't have to training or practice or situational awareness or even legal bills...
 
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