It could happen to you
- Thread starter couldbeanyone
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Saw that earlier today before reading this post too, and it does look like an excellent choice for plates...IF it is inexpensive enough.
Kinda bothers me that they are advertising it for law enforcement and self defense use without some extensive testing. Looks too much like the Glazer Safety slug....
@ couldbeanyone
If you are certain about the type of ammunition it was, then I suggest you get hold of a magnet and see if the bullets are ferrous (the ones in your box). If they are obviously ferrous, then push for removal or else you may have discomfort in the future with MRI scans. The other option is that you get somebody to check the X-rays to exclude the presence of jacketing attached to the fragments (lead and jacketing have different radiological densities, as visible in the attached radiograph of a guy shot in the foot). This was from a ricochet by the way.
A = small piece of lead (daughter fragment)
B = small piece of lead with attached jacketing (daughter fragment)
C = piece of peeled jacketing attached to parent fragment
D = parent fragment, radiologically it is a jacketed bullet fragment
And here is that main fragment, just after it was retrieved from the patient's foot:
The underside of that bullet fragment was flattened and had rough striations, indicating to me that it was a ricochet. The patient was struck by half a bullet and it passed through his leather shoe and entered the foot, making a curious entrance wound that was more like a short incision than a gunshot wound. The entrance wound can be very unusual in ricochet wounds.
If you are certain about the type of ammunition it was, then I suggest you get hold of a magnet and see if the bullets are ferrous (the ones in your box). If they are obviously ferrous, then push for removal or else you may have discomfort in the future with MRI scans. The other option is that you get somebody to check the X-rays to exclude the presence of jacketing attached to the fragments (lead and jacketing have different radiological densities, as visible in the attached radiograph of a guy shot in the foot). This was from a ricochet by the way.
A = small piece of lead (daughter fragment)
B = small piece of lead with attached jacketing (daughter fragment)
C = piece of peeled jacketing attached to parent fragment
D = parent fragment, radiologically it is a jacketed bullet fragment
And here is that main fragment, just after it was retrieved from the patient's foot:
The underside of that bullet fragment was flattened and had rough striations, indicating to me that it was a ricochet. The patient was struck by half a bullet and it passed through his leather shoe and entered the foot, making a curious entrance wound that was more like a short incision than a gunshot wound. The entrance wound can be very unusual in ricochet wounds.
Attachments
Wow, I've been hit by very small fragments, but never anything quite to the degrees indicated above.
Looks like its time to find my old lacrosse gear-bag and dig out that jock strap and cup for my next trip to the range. I don't want my wife to replace me with "the Rabbit!"
Capt. Charlie
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A bullet ricochet can be bad enough, but let's throw a little Tannerite in the mix 
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