Holy Lazarus, Batman!
Hand's doing dandy, thanks. In fact, aside from the so-so scar (not quite as gnarly as I thought it'd be), the hand's 100%. Strength is all there and then some. My slap shot is actually harder now, go figure. ROM is prolly right around 95% or more. There's a line that goes across my right palm that the tip of my right thumb can bend about 1/4" past. My left thumb just points right at it. Big whoop. Actually, when I sit back and think on it, I'm astounded by how lucky I was, all things considered.
I can understand why some would think my accident was a result of unsafe gun handling. Again, it wasn't, but it doesn't piss me off as much as it initially did. It's such a freaky thing, gun going full auto in that position, it's hard for most people (including me!) to understand it all. I think HammerBite pretty much nailed it, though. Judging from the angle of the wound channel, my hand was pretty flat when it got hit. Like it'd be if your hand slipped off while slamming in a mag.
If anything, it's more a cautionary tale on cleaning your guns. IIRC, I only sprayed a bit of brake cleaner in the firing pin channel and wiped quickly with a Q-tip. Since the Q-tip came out looking clean, I assumed I was done and all the cosmo was out. Wrong. I still remember the brownish waxy piece of something my smith pulled out of the gun. Sheesh.
Anyways, I'm shooting more than ever now, and the collection's...well, it's grown some.