Interesting story. An associate of mine (yes, I actually know the person, not just from 'rumor') from years ago became a wildlife guide and carried a .22 rifle. He got stupid one day and negligently discharged it into his leg. The round bounced/ricochet off the bone and cut some important things causing him to lose the leg. Had it been a larger caliber, it likely would have gone through the bone and he would have been laid up for a few months and probably been ok.
On this one I will disagree on the "cheerful" consequences of a larger caliber hitting bone. I have seen documentation of such combinations and large caliber bullets will not make neat holes in bone but shatter them. The fragments have a good chance of cutting both flesh, nearby blood vessels and killing via massive blood loss.
I saw a video of a teen being shot in the upper leg with was reported to be a .44 magnum. Leg was broken and he was gone within seconds (not minutes) Femur fragments severed the femoral artery and that was all he wrote.
I think (without doing further research that would just make me want to pull my hair out) that the "bouncing" mythos comes from stories of assassins using revolvers in contact with the victims head. If the projectile makes it inside the skull, it is highly likely to bounce off the other side. You already touched on the other salient points. 🙂
Now this one I looked up, pretty rifle. As someone in rural TN..."cabin" can be anything from a camper trailer, to a multi-million $ affair, and the foreigners (what ain't from around here) get skeered. Even if you're wearing your "Sunday go to meeting" biballs. Prepare accordingly. :^)
Or the Herblock cartoon showing a deer shredded by AR-15 fire -- totally ignoring the fact that an AR-15 is too low powered to be a legal deer gun in a bunch of states.
Interesting story. An associate of mine (yes, I actually know the person, not just from 'rumor') from years ago became a wildlife guide and carried a .22 rifle. He got stupid one day and negligently discharged it into his leg. The round bounced/ricochet off the bone and cut some important things causing him to lose the leg. Had it been a larger caliber, it likely would have gone through the bone and he would have been laid up for a few months and probably been ok.
On this one I will disagree on the "cheerful" consequences of a larger caliber hitting bone. I have seen documentation of such combinations and large caliber bullets will not make neat holes in bone but shatter them. The fragments have a good chance of cutting both flesh, nearby blood vessels and killing via massive blood loss.
I saw a video of a teen being shot in the upper leg with was reported to be a .44 magnum. Leg was broken and he was gone within seconds (not minutes) Femur fragments severed the femoral artery and that was all he wrote.
I think (without doing further research that would just make me want to pull my hair out) that the "bouncing" mythos comes from stories of assassins using revolvers in contact with the victims head. If the projectile makes it inside the skull, it is highly likely to bounce off the other side. You already touched on the other salient points. 🙂
Garand Thumb did an excellent video on this topic a couple of years ago.
https://youtu.be/uSrWpH-nLmo?si=UOExz4KBspMq6uPA
Just to be sure, my .22 is in WMR.
Okay. I LOL’d.
I just bought a Savage DLX Revel in .22 WMR and now I want a cabin in Tennessee and I'll just sit on the porch with it across my lap all day.
Now this one I looked up, pretty rifle. As someone in rural TN..."cabin" can be anything from a camper trailer, to a multi-million $ affair, and the foreigners (what ain't from around here) get skeered. Even if you're wearing your "Sunday go to meeting" biballs. Prepare accordingly. :^)
Keltec PMR-30 and CMR-30 for bug out battle-rattle?
Shoot. Now I need another gun.
You write that as if it were a 'bad' thing.
Research he says. You writing stories for Lawdog now? LOL
Phlegmatic. Few words. Have you two even met? I see why your wife was laughing.
Assisting Clayton Cramer on a book/study he is writing.
This one is right up there with the "tumbling" 5.56mm of the M16's.
Or the Herblock cartoon showing a deer shredded by AR-15 fire -- totally ignoring the fact that an AR-15 is too low powered to be a legal deer gun in a bunch of states.
I just hit a subscriber only block on one of your other posts today. I can not pay to interact, as much as I enjoy your posts.