I had a call tonight where a guy 'accidentally' discharged his 12ga remmy 870 into his right foot with a high-brass 2 &3/4" triple-aught buck shell. It was nearly a contact shot (tons of powder burns around the entrance wound).
The shot column entered the interior of his right foot just behind the ball of his foot, traversed his foot, and exited the outside about 2 inches behind his right toe. It appeared that the shot column was still tucked inside the shot cup/wadding as it traversed his foot.
No projectiles were found and the ER doctor's determined that he was missing a large but unknown percentage of bone mass from the foot that had simply been "blown out of his foot".
The xrays were REALLY bad (his foot looked like a bag of skin with a handful of garden rocks thrown inside of it). The wound was even worse in person.
No pix (sorry, I like my job). :/
It was very interesting to see the amount of bone damage (he would have been much better to have gotten his foot run over by a semi) despite the shot column behaving much like a slug.
The Doctors told me the likelihood of him walking on that foot again is "0%".
Just thought I'd share this little tidbit. Merry Christmas.
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Originally Posted by Heavy Metal
That would worry me to no end. There is never a reason to muzzle yourself.
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