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Message: <blockquote data-quote="geezer77" data-source="post: 4101454" data-attributes="member: 49872">This maybe belongs in a different thread category, but here goes:  I'm not proud to admit that 65 years ago at 16 I shot myself in the left calf with a .22LR pistol, using with a standard velocity round nose 40 grain (don't remember if they even sold HV hollow points back then) from my dad's High Standard target pistol. The bullet tunneled straight down under the skin about 6 inches, exited just above the ankle, and ended up stuck inside my shoe. It felt like a severe yellowjacket sting but luckily didn't bleed a lot and there wasn't much lingering pain - it just scared the holy crap out of me. I wrapped my calf with a bandana, walked 1/4 mile back through the woods to my Granddad's house, said goodbye as if nothing had happened, drove back to town, bought some peroxide and bandages at the local Rexall, and doused it down good and taped it up. Healed up just fine. I can still see the little entrance and exit scars. The worst part is I had "borrowed" my dad's nice Hi-Standard target pistol (which had a very sensitive trigger) while he was out of town, so I was pretty sure certain death awaited me when he returned unless I kept the incident to myself, so I did. Told my mom about it 20 years later while I was home on leave to attend dad's funeral. She did not appreciate the humor in the story at first, but later we had a good laugh about it.Lessons learned:(1) Ask before you borrow your dad's guns.(2) If you shoot right-handed and you think you're getting pretty good with your right hand at shooting tin cans thrown in the air using your left hand, do not switch hands. Those untrained fast-twitch muscles in your left hand are not your friends.</blockquote>

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