Since we don't have a Safety Forum here on MM guess the next best thing would be under General Hunting since a lot of us read this first...or should.
Here is the text that came with the picture, all I can say is this young guy was very lucky.
Shot with a 45-70
> This guy and a buddy were sighting their rifles in. One of the guns was
> leaned up against the 4 wheeler he was standing on. The gun started to
> fall and I'm not sure if his buddy grabbed it, or something on the bike
> caught the trigger. Either way, he caught a 325 grain .45-70 round right
> under the collar bone. I think it goes without being said, how lucky he
> is to still be here.
>
> The big hole around his shoulder blade is where the bullet entered and
> it traveled under his skin and exited right there on his neck, above his
> spinal cord!
The ballistic tip mainly just burned the edges of the skin of the wound that you see in
> the picture.. He's getting better & better every day, last night he was
> even doing pushups!! He's finally able to use his arm again! Somehow it
> didn't hit anything major and basically ended up being a really bad
> flesh wound! It is truly a miracle that he is alive and not paralyzed!
Brian
Here is the text that came with the picture, all I can say is this young guy was very lucky.
Shot with a 45-70
> This guy and a buddy were sighting their rifles in. One of the guns was
> leaned up against the 4 wheeler he was standing on. The gun started to
> fall and I'm not sure if his buddy grabbed it, or something on the bike
> caught the trigger. Either way, he caught a 325 grain .45-70 round right
> under the collar bone. I think it goes without being said, how lucky he
> is to still be here.
>
> The big hole around his shoulder blade is where the bullet entered and
> it traveled under his skin and exited right there on his neck, above his
> spinal cord!
The ballistic tip mainly just burned the edges of the skin of the wound that you see in
> the picture.. He's getting better & better every day, last night he was
> even doing pushups!! He's finally able to use his arm again! Somehow it
> didn't hit anything major and basically ended up being a really bad
> flesh wound! It is truly a miracle that he is alive and not paralyzed!
Brian