The Hazards Of Rat Shooting

[Guest rodsmith]

i was shot twice last season.once a shotgun ricochet while bolting rabbits.3 pellets through the top lip(2 broken teeth) and 2 pellets in the bottom lip=lots of blood!!

2nd time,again a shotgun.in the back of the neck while flagging/turning partridge on a shoot day by a posh cu*t...

[LOGUNSOLO177 0]

DAAAAAAMMMNN!! You are fookin lucky mate!! Its a good reminder to us all about the dangers of shooting in confined spaces or with solid walls around! Its gonna make me think twice!!

 

Get well soon mate!!

[stubby 175]

what pellets were you using?

in pest control (london underground) were only allowed to use hollow point, as less chance of ricochet

[ghillies 209]

stubby...as daft as it sounds fac with soft pellets is a good option..the pellets splat on impact so no rebound, but there is a bitta spank dust at the poi...

 

.22 seems to be worse for it, or hard pellets, premethious were twats for it, and those SABO's were evil lol...

 

 

 

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!! BB's, the copper alloy ones...count the rebounds like a comady movies as it passes around the building .........

Edited July 8, 2009 by ghillies

[bedrock 16]

Your very lucky mate, good shot atb bedrock

[stealthy1 3,964]

Close call that mate, I once had a pellet bounce back from a sapling I was using to zero on, hit me in the bo***cks, had my dog jumping all over me while I was rolling on the ground, think he thought I was playing

[Guest Bubbleduck]

Close call that mate, I once had a pellet bounce back from a sapling I was using to zero on, hit me in the bo***cks, had my dog jumping all over me while I was rolling on the ground, think he thought I was playing

 

LOLOL!!!

[kristian 9]

hope it don't cause you no agro mate! i had a pellet wistle past my ear when i was zeroing my scope the other day thats close to your eye mate would have been much worse good luck on the recovery mate!

[aaronpigeonplucker 32]

hope you get a good recovery mate! YOU SO LUCKY ID DIDNT HIT YOU EYE!!! i have never been hit by a pllet but i was hit by a high powerd bb gun in the upper cheek (to the left of my nose) and that wrecked! broke the skin and i cant imagine what a air gun pellet would be like!

[Ozmosis 0]

I got hit plum between the eyes by a ricochet .177 pellet a few years back. It smarted a bit but looking back I was lucky. Your's is a real mess, but thankfully you escaped serious injury

[Rhodey 96]

what pellets were you using?

in pest control (london underground) were only allowed to use hollow point, as less chance of ricochet

 

I was using AA Diable Field.

 

I tell you what it felt like mike tyson had hit me in the head, might be because the rat was only 10 yard away.

[bedrock 16]

At least you got the little fecker atb bedrock

[Phantom 631]

Nasty that.

 

Did they give you the ELISA test?

 

If not, go get one ASAFP.

 

Have a gander at this.

 

http://www.le.ac.uk/bl/gat/virtualfc/weil.html

 

Phantom

[fasthands 2]

Yep accidents do happen! I had both femurs crushed by a car in the workshop, doing what every mechanic in the world has done at some point, guide someone else onto a ramp.

In fact most people have done this guiding lark onto a drive or parking spot. The H&S executive accepted it as a pure accident, I am still recovering over 2 years after. but it did lead me to pick up an Air rifle again and get shooting as motox is out of the question now!

I think the car that hit me had wheels disease as the brakes didn't work! lol.

Edited July 9, 2009 by fasthands

[chimp 299]

jesus !! i bet that smart a bit