Another thread here got me to thinking about injuries, particularly shooting-related ones. What is the worst that's ever happened to you? I've heard of people developing blisters in the second day of week-long shooting classes, sprains, cuts, falls, etc during matches, and of course, unintentional shootings. So what's your story?
The worst I recall is being hit in the leg with a jacket fragment while attending a "steel challenge" type match. I was standing, and felt a sharp, painful impact on my left thigh. I didn't think anything had penetrated, I'd just caught a bounceback, and then someone said to me, "Hey, better check yourself, man, you're bleeding." I dropped my jeans right then and there, and sure enough, there was a small penetration wound. It wasn't painful after the first minute, though, and stopped bleeding, so I finished out the match. It's still in my leg.
As a funny aside, I got a few snickers when I dropped my pants. That was the one day I decided to wear boxer shorts instead of my usual briefs, and the pair I was wearing were pink with white polka dots.
Non-shooting related, the worst injury I ever recieved was nearly electrocuting myself when I was seven. I tried to unplug a lamp from a plugged in extension cord by gripping the plug with my teeth.
Have you ever seen how cartoon characters get those little spinning black-and-white circles in their eyes when they get electrocuted? Whoever first drew that must have had the experience, 'cause I've been there, done that, got the T-shirt, and that IS what you see when you've got 120V AC running through your delicate little bod. All you hear is a loud "buzzz," and you CAN think. I remember thinking that I was going to die, and how scared I was. No pain, though. That came later, from the burn in the corner of my lip. Liquid diet for a week.
Maybe that explains how I got this way?
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Shoot straight & make big holes, regards, Richard at The Shottist's Center
[This message has been edited by 45King (edited October 31, 2000).]
The worst I recall is being hit in the leg with a jacket fragment while attending a "steel challenge" type match. I was standing, and felt a sharp, painful impact on my left thigh. I didn't think anything had penetrated, I'd just caught a bounceback, and then someone said to me, "Hey, better check yourself, man, you're bleeding." I dropped my jeans right then and there, and sure enough, there was a small penetration wound. It wasn't painful after the first minute, though, and stopped bleeding, so I finished out the match. It's still in my leg.
As a funny aside, I got a few snickers when I dropped my pants. That was the one day I decided to wear boxer shorts instead of my usual briefs, and the pair I was wearing were pink with white polka dots.
Non-shooting related, the worst injury I ever recieved was nearly electrocuting myself when I was seven. I tried to unplug a lamp from a plugged in extension cord by gripping the plug with my teeth.
Have you ever seen how cartoon characters get those little spinning black-and-white circles in their eyes when they get electrocuted? Whoever first drew that must have had the experience, 'cause I've been there, done that, got the T-shirt, and that IS what you see when you've got 120V AC running through your delicate little bod. All you hear is a loud "buzzz," and you CAN think. I remember thinking that I was going to die, and how scared I was. No pain, though. That came later, from the burn in the corner of my lip. Liquid diet for a week.
Maybe that explains how I got this way?
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Shoot straight & make big holes, regards, Richard at The Shottist's Center
[This message has been edited by 45King (edited October 31, 2000).]
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