Probably old: ND with .45 Hydra-Shock at point blank range

[Hohn]

Have you seen this?: My story -the leg wounds

 

[MadMan66]

It may be old, but I've never read that one. Good reminder with some good pictures! The 4 safety rules; learn 'em, live 'em, love 'em.

 

[MCgrease08]

Ouch. He's lucky that didn't do much more lasting damage.

 

[SmileDocHill]

how does he even have a leg still? I mean that was a. 45 after all. Aren't they known to blow a limb clean off from just a glancing blow?

 

[SERparacord]

how does he even have a leg still? I mean that was a. 45 after all. Aren't they known to blow a limb clean off from just a glancing blow?

Not time for expansion:
signed three-toes.

 

[ChalupaCabras]

'Contact Distance'

'Point Blank Range' refers to the maximum distance at which the sights don't need adjustment to be on target. Some of the flatter shooting cartridges have a point blank range of nearly 300 yards.

Common mistake and a pet peeve of mine. We need to use our own terminology correctly or we let our oponents control our language.

 

[Double T]

Wow. He's lucky to be alive.

 

[jtwilson3]

Might be a stupid question but what is ND? Still not used to abbreviated lingo in here..

 

[Fargo]

Negligent Discharge

 

[jtwilson3]

Ah gotcha

 

[BiscuitNaBasket]

Isn't this that Tex Grebner guy that shot himself in the leg while also filming himself?

Original Upload, I Just Shot Myself! - YouTube

 

[MadMan66]

It doesn't appear to be the same guy. The OP story was about a guy who shot himself while in his basement testing out a newly installed grip safety. Tex used a Kimber, the OP story used a Rock Island. It sounds like they both suffered similar wounds to the same area though.

 

[chezuki]

'Contact Distance'

'Point Blank Range' refers to the maximum distance at which the sights don't need adjustment to be on target. Some of the flatter shooting cartridges have a point blank range of nearly 300 yards.

Common mistake and a pet peeve of mine. We need to use our own terminology correctly or we let our oponents control our language.

Rep'd.

This drives me crazy as well. I hear it all the time on the news "blah blah shot 'point blank' with a pistol blah blah...". My first though is always "wow, what a marksman".

 

[Racechase1]

I read the whole blog, the guy lived in or near Indy.

 

[nm0369]

I just read through most of the blog as well....all the medical testing is a little mind boggling. This should be a good reminder for everyone to be safe and not sorry.

 

[sepe]

I read the whole blog, the guy lived in or near Indy.

Anderson, from looking around on his message board. Looked around on his little blog and saw pictures of his motorcycle accident too. Neither event looked like much fun.

 

[USMC-Johnson]

Weak...Here is one of my buddies after he was shot...taken 7.62x54r but at 500 yds or so.

 

[88E30M50]

That's quite the educational story. How many times to we hear 'shot in the leg' and come away thinking it's not a big deal. He does a great job of documenting how a fairly clean flesh wound impacted his life over the course of 5 years and counting. It's a good reminder of what is at stake when handling a gun. Even the ones lucky enough to survive with just a flesh wound can pay a high price for their mistake.

 

[JetGirl]

I hadn't seen that either. Thanks for posting it.

 

[MadMan66]

Weak...Here is one of my buddies after he was shot...taken 7.62x54r but at 500 yds or so.

He's one luck guy... or unlucky. I guess it depends how you look at it.

If you don't mind me asking, what's the background story to this? I'm guessing there was an exit wound too?