Been shot !!!

daddo · July 2002

(I have two scars- one on my chest and one on my leg(calf).
Both came from the same person who shot me twice.)
"I was putting a can on a pole and when I stepped back a foot or so , my friend shot a .22 at it,- it recoched and landed in my chest. I dug it out and was very lucky my parents didn't find out! My leg was shot by Gilbert, by a hair trigger on a sears .22 rifle-the shot went thru the leg, and i never said a word- but kicked his but! Hurt for a month or two- but turned out O.K. MOM never found out. * Got shot by a shotgun- but it was too far away and the pellets only stuck in my arms."
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*This is what I wrote 30 plus years ago in a diary I kept!
I learned to be carefull and times have changed.

My dad taught me saftey with guns, but not my freinds!

96harley · July 2002

A friend and I were shooting frogs at one of our county's many goldfish ponds many years ago. He shot me in the stomach with a BB gun. Does that count for being shot? Oh, on another occassion a kid shot me while I was standing knee deep in a run off pond fishing out a toy boat we sunk with BB guns. Some brat kid in the neighborhood grabbed my gun and I got shot again. With a BB gun no less. Does that count for being shot? I didn't get a bad infection from either incident. Hmmmm.

austin247 · July 2002

Sounds like you need to find some better friends

leeblackman · July 2002

I've been shot probably over 1000 times with a paintball gun... Does that count for anything. Oh, yea, and when I was about 12 I got shot in the butt with a BB gun by the neighbors kid, it stuck just under the skin, and had to go to the doctor to get it out. I've also been pepper spayed, just recently.

If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !

E.Williams · July 2002

BB gun wars were a everyday occurence in the woods here when I was a kid.I was hit probably about 20 times over the years and I still have two in me.It was fun though we always had teams and it was the Americans against the russians.This sounds bad but we had a family of vietnemese kids that moved into our neighborhood and it was no longer Americans vs. the russians it was us riddling them with bb's as they would hall tail for home.But they always came back to play just not everyday like us.One of those jokers got me in the back of the head with a pellet one time and it was the only time I ever had to go home before the enemy surrendered.Ahhhhh those were the days.

Eric S. Williams

Barrelbob · July 2002

Was shot accidently in the alf in a hunting accident.
12 gauge just caught a chunk of flesh. 38 cal. wound in left shoulder. That one hurt. Three 22 cal scars on abdomen from less than 5 ft away. Worked as bouncer for those. Scar from schrapnel compliments of Ho. U.S. Army. Stabbed three times once as bouncer, once as a process server, and once for just being a jerk. Hit by crowbar on left forearm and elbow and 4 surgeries to put it back together. Hit by car three years ago and broke my leg in 2 places.
I have 6 knuckles left out of ten. My fingers point in several directions all at once with little help from me. Broke my nose twice.
Have 3 titanium rods in my body. In all I have had 846 stitches from injuries and surgery. Want you all to wish me a happy 50th which is next week. I am going to try skydiving.

Barrelbob

BOB SANTANGELO

wundudnee · July 2002

Barrelbob,

You sound like my three legged one eyed dog named "Luckey".

....................
AD ASTRA PER ASPERA

To the stars through difficulties

barto · July 2002

wundudknee
i too have a one-eyed, three-legged dog.
her name is ginger (A.K.A. STUPID)
car tires will getem every time.
barto

the hard stuff we do right away - the impossible takes a little longer

gskyhawk · July 2002

does a chain saw in the left knee count? almost lost the knee cap but got lucky, but boy does its ever hurt when it turns cold other wise just a bb gun several times , almost one time by my older brother with his 22 , hit the tree I was leaning agaisnt,

muley · July 2002

Damn, Barrelbob. I was going to tell about getting shot off my horse by the Game Warden's wife during dove season. But now after hearing your story....

**I love the smell of Hoppes #9 in the morning**

96harley · July 2002

gskyhawk,
Only if it back fired prior to the cut.

Barrelbob · July 2002

Now Muley you could not have been shot by the game wardens wife. She was with me in the hot tub...where the hell do you think I got that 38 slug in my shoulder from

Barrelbob

BOB SANTANGELO

COONASS · July 2002

Does a bow and arrow count......In the thigh with a field point....

coonass

We Live in a World of Give And Take, But A Lot Of People Won't Give What it Takes.

NOTPOSTAL · July 2002

I had a splinter once, it hurt real bad. I thought my buddy accidently shot me with his RG 25 cal, I was standing behind him as he fired and I felt something hit me in the chest, I thought his bullet might have richocheted(sp), but it turned out to be part of the gun that separated.

...from my cold dead fingers!!

218Beekeep · July 2002

I got squirted by the garden hose once,does that count?

I was usin` it,and I threw it down,but the nozzle didn`t go off,
it just reared up,real tall, like a mad cobra,swayin` from side ta side,sprayin` me all the while.

.218

sfetty · July 2002

Got hit in the mouth from splatter from a 9mm 147gr FMJ bullet at an indoor range. It came back from the backstop and hit me between the nose and upper lip. My buddy was timing me while we were practicing for an up-coming IDPA match. He saw me flinch, but I continued firing at the targets. It felt like someone punched me in the mouth. It bled for an hour. Since I had a mustach, I was able to hide it from my wife until she noticed that my upper lip was a little swollen. I guess you could say I indirectly shot myself.

leeblackman · July 2002

Yup, I've seen my share of lead splatter... Especially in those darn steel shoots. And you get the occasional wiz by the head from a ricochette. Then the occasional CLING!!! from a ricochette that hit the car of the poor * that parked it right behind the firing line.

If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !

Barrelbob · July 2002

John Anderson who lives in Portland Oregon has a dandy story. He has been shot twice. Both times in the face. Both times by a girlfriend. Both girlfriends named Jamie. Both bullets went in and out. The first hitting his chin bone. He fell to the ground and it fell out of his nose. The second taking out 3 teeth. He spit it out.

Barrelbob

We are the people our parents were always warning us about!

BOB SANTANGELO

leeblackman · July 2002

Barrel Bob, I hope you don't take this offensively, but I'm sure glad I don't know you. Seem's like everyone hanging out in your crowed gets shot.

If I'm wrong please correct me, I won't be offended.

The sound of a 12 gauge pump clears a house fatser than Rosie O eats a Big Mac !

pickenup · July 2002

Been shot at, but never shot. I will never forget the sound of a bullet wizzing by my head, and slapping into the tree by me.I have been hit by lead splatter while shooting steel also. Never broke skin, but it hurt a few times.What has hurt the most, was while shooting skeet. Standing in front of one of the houses and busting a pigeon that was coming at you. Wish I would have dusted those because once in a while a big chunk would hit a "certain body part" that would send your voice up an octave or two. I have ducked quite a few of those chunks to keep from being hit in the head.

If I knew then, what I know now.

BlueTic · July 2002

Got a .22 slug in the thigh down in Killeen TX. Stupid guy pulls a small pistol out of his pocket over a pool game squable. My Brother and I at the next table just headed for the door and we hear a little pop. I felt like somebody punched me in the leg and I fell outside. It's a good thing I had applied liberal amounts of liquid pain killer, prior to getting hit.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RIGHTS - GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY (this includes politicians)

EVILDR235 · July 2002

I was riding in a 59 Ford Galaxie on Halloween night in 1967.Out riding around with 2 other friends,probably looking for girls.I was sitting in the middle in the front seat when a 1962 red Chevy Impala came up along side us.It was cold that night,so we had our windows rolled up.I leaned forward to see past my portly friend on the passenger side to see who was in the other car.The other car had 4 people in it.All of a sudden the passenger door glass exploded in my face.This was the old type of door glass with plastic between 2 sheets of glass.(laminated) What ever they shot with was stopped by the glass.I took a face full of splintered glass.My friends took me to the hospital just about a mile up the road.Spent 5 weeks in hospital,and 3 surgeries later i still have a good right eye.My left eye has very poor vision,but is still in my head.Took many years to find out who did it.One of the people who did this was later killed in a drug deal by some biker.Another died of a drug,and booze overdose.A third one was shot 5 times with a 22 pistol(a angry father) but lived.The fourth one i have lost track of.About 5 years ago my left eye developed glaucoma in it. True story with the scars,and giant hospital bill to prove it.
Dr.Evil

gunpaq · July 2002

Hit square in the chest from a .58 cal minnie ball ricochett while shooting into an old cherry stump some 15 yards away with a Civil War Springfield when I was 16. Knocked me down and left a bruise on my chest in the shape of a perfect impression of the minnie ball. Was wearing a heavy winter coat but still felt like a mule kicked me.....was very lucky, very sore for weeks.

Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.

quickslvr982 · July 2002

A friend and i one friday night decided wed like to shoot my BB gun. So after a couple minutes realized this wasnt gonna last to long at the rate of fun it was going. So we got a grand idea to heat one of those little CO2 tanks up with a propane toruch. I guess he just touched it and pulled away tuched it and pulled away and about the third time the loudest explosion ive ever heard shot through his garrage. then dead silence and we both look at each other i was shaking uncontrolably and he likewise. But what i dont understand is that he was inches away from the thing standing with it on a table and his body over it and when we found the tube split down the middle like a baked potatoe it was directly behind him and a hell of a dent in a cabinet but we both were unharmed. Definetly had a little help from above that night. * we were stupid enough to try it i deserve any coments u might have...and just for future references we never got it in the gun to try it out so i cant tell u of it would have worked or not haha

Edited by - quickSLVR982 on 07/14/2002 23:05:15

RugerNiner · July 2002

Barrelbob;

quote: Want you all to wish me a happy 50th which is next week. I am going to try skydiving.

Could you send me your Name, Address and pertinent information. I would like to take an Insurance Policy out on you.

Remember...Terrorist are attacking Civilians; Not the Government. Protect Yourself!

BlueTic · July 2002

Barrel Bob - I did that on my 40th - I had a Kiddney stone break lose from the jerk of the chute. 2 weeks and a lot of perks to pass that one.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY RIGHTS - GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY (this includes politicians)

Laredo Lefty · July 2002

I worked at a trap and skeet range in 1967 where I got shot twice by careless customers. Hurt like hell, but no perm damage.
Went to Vietnam 68'69', got wounded once in an ambush.
Got shot during dove hunting trip by a guy my friend invited. the bozo shot both my friend and I with one shot, seems a bird flew between him and us. of course, we let him have it.
Shot myself in the head with a Mini-14. Was shooting at target about 30yds away. The bullet hit a rock, and jacket peeled back and came back over the sights and stuck in my forehead just above my shooting glasses, that one hurt to.
Rode motors for 18 yrs at work. Lady driver made Lt turn in front of me. Totaled both my motor, and her mini-van. Broke my neck, left femur and left knee. Femur care out thru top of my leg, (compound). That hurt more than anything.
The irony of it. I made it through Vietnam without P.T.S.D.,, but got it from the motor accident.

Alerion · July 2002

When I was younger, my dad wouldn't let me hunt with anyone but him for fear that I'd get shot by one of my buddies who wasn't as good at hunting as he was about talking about hunting. But by the time I was 18 I pretty well made my own decisions so I went rabbit hunting with one of my high school friends.

He shot me in the calf with a 12 gauge!

Luckily his aim wasn't much better than his judgement. Most of the load went between my legs. (Thankfully, I'm not one that dwells on disasters that didn't happen!) And I was wearing long johns, jeans, and Carharts so what made it through didn't have a lot of power left.

The worst part was that on the way to the hospital I was using my pocket knife to take out some of the pellets near the skin and he had the nerve to get pissed off because I was flicking blood around in the cab of his new pickup! I got about 10 pellets out. The ER took 7 deeper ones out.

I got shot twice in Vietnam but there isn't any entertainment in either story. Just a lot of pure nastiness. The second time I spent 5 months in the hospital. No fun! I don't go there anymore.

The only good thing that came out of that was my oldest son who was born 9 months and 1 week after I got transferred to a hospital back in the U.S.

Tom

So, just how does rendering me defenseless protect you from violent criminals?

JustC · July 2002

Got shot twice in Argentina on a dove hunting trip. Same kind of thing, bird goes between us, and the ever knowledgable eye doctor with us covers me and my bird boy up with shot. Thank god is was a 28ga and had very little power at that distance. Next day, I am hunting a little lower on a hill and someone up higher shot at a bird and didn't notice I was underneath him behind a row of trees. Some of the shot made it through and one hit me in the temple. That little 7 1/2 shot left me swollen with a headache the rest of the day.

speaking of bb guns, I shot a bowling pin once, and you guessed it, came straight back and hit me in the head. Bounced off though.

A great rifle with a junk scope,....is junk.

sparkie_40 · July 2002

well, i did get shot above the eye with a pellet gun. pissed me off. caught the guy, stomped a mud hole in him. i'll tell ya what hurt worse. i'm an electrician, i used to climb poles. i climbed a 35' pole and it broke in a stiff wind with me on it. i cleared off the pole just before it hit the ground. i now have to take pain killers everyday. it happened in 1982, before the new workers comp laws. my employer did not have insurance and i was fired the day i returned to work couldn't even sue him, because he paid my doctor bills. so i reckon that was like gettin shot, he sure killed my line working career. now i am restricted to inside wireman work. that dont pay near as good.

KX500 · July 2002

I sure thought that a .22 LR from my Ruger MKI would have broken that junk TV screen - until the bullet bounced off of it and smacked me just below the knee. No real damage, but a good leason learned (use enough gun) and only a slight limp for a couple of days.

And one of the few times my wife (girlfriend back then) went shooting with me, I did manage to hit the wrong rock with the 8mm Mauser. The bullet seperated and the FMJ came right back at us & hit her in the head. Luckily, it was going pretty slow and I don't think it even left a mark. She married me anyway, but now more than 10 years I do occasionally still hear, 'Yes, but you shot me.'

Been shot !!!

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