• Comment105@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I heard about a guy who did that with a .22, it was way worse than you’d expect. Think he got some compartment problem or something where the wound channel would clog in a bad way and he’d have to massage/push it out himself, at home, in a bathtub.

    • mojofrododojo@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      people think ‘oh it’s only a .22’ lol. point blank, that bullet’s got places to go and bones to crack on the way.

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        2 months ago

        Yeah, it’s not exactly an air rifle.

        The bullet is about that size, but the difference is that it’s going through.

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      2 months ago

      I was told that a .22 can be worse than just getting shot with a high caliber because the .22 isn’t likely to make it through bone, so it just ricochets around inside you for a bit instead of passing right through.

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        2 months ago

        I’m Norwegian. I spent about a year shooting .22s at paper. Everyone calls it a .22 as far as I’ve seen.

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          2 months ago

          I call it a weapon. They’re all the same to me. Not that there’s anything wrong with shooting as a hobby, but they’re all dangerous no matter which type of gun.

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            2 months ago

            I wish you’d just stop it after the “I don’t speak American” nonsense. You sound like the type who’d think a scope makes the bullet go farther.

            Besides, you’re repeating a point that was obvious from my retelling of the. 22 through the leg story.

            Do you need me to remind you that cars go fast and cats say meow?

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              2 months ago

              because you said “it was way worse than you’d expect” as if one would expect a bullet in their leg to not be a big deal

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                2 months ago

                I mean it didn’t zip right through and leave a small wound that healed easily. It messed shit up and got complicated.

                .22 has a weird reputation.

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                  2 months ago

                  Well obviously it didn’t leave a small wound. You’re not shooting with grapes, you’re firing heavy pointy metal cylinders at 3000 km/h. No surprise that it will mess shit up.