.45 Point Blank to Center Mass

[B_Reynolds_AK]

This afternoon I met someone who was shot earlier this winter, sometime in December.

He was on his back with the shooter standing over him, where he fired a .45 directly into his stomach. The 230g full metal jacket entered his abdomen, ripped through his spleen, tore up a section of his liver and exited to the side of his spine, slightly higher than the entrance due to the angle.

Lifting up his shirt, now 4 months after, shows a huge vertical scar where they opened him up on the operating table. The exit wound on his back is no more than a 1/2” scar. He’s back to work and fully functioning.

No, I don’t know anything of this story and no clue how he found himself in this situation. I did however see the wounds with my own eyes.

Moral of the story: Choose FMJ’s to be shot by. Don’t use them if you are going to be doing the shooting.

 

[ZAK13]

Interesting, like you, don't know the situation, but glad he survived it, I guess.

 

[Jbehredt]

I’ve been hooked on the live PD type shows for a couple weeks. Kinda surprised by how many perps take a few rounds to the torso and survive. I wish they’d let us know what ammo the officers used.

 

[Pilsner]

I have a cousin who took 2 Gold Dot 45 ACP rounds to the chest at sub-15 foot and she is still alive. She is a fairly petite gal as well. I don't put much faith in pistol rounds anymore.

 

[Robobiss]

Interesting. Specifically considering all of the accounts of Marines in the pacific shooting and killing 5+ Japanese per 7 rounds of 45 ball. I remember the story of one that was found with an empty 1911 and 7 dead Japanese around him with single .45 holes in them.

 

[Wrench]

I have a cousin who took 2 Gold Dot 45 ACP rounds to the chest at sub-15 foot and she is still alive. She is a fairly petite gal as well. I don't put much faith in pistol rounds anymore.

Was she wearing a few layers of clothes? I wonder if they plugged up.

 

[HandgunHTR]

I am pretty good friends with a guy who took seven rounds from an AK (2 right leg, 1 left leg, one in the right shoulder, and 3 in the torso). Shooter was about 40 yards away.

Quite a few stories out there like his. Contrary to popular belief, even when hit with a rifle round people don't just go down.

 

[RockAndSage]

Run a search for "Tim Gramins".

 

[Turkeygetpwnd38]

Lucky the other fella wasn’t using a 22 mag…

 

[maxx075]

That's why we go for the pelvic gurdle or the face triangle

 

[ThunderJack49]

If you stand over the shoulder of someone shooting 45 acp you can often see the round before it impacts steel, at around 12 yards. It is not a fast round.

 

[Thegman]

This afternoon I met someone who was shot earlier this winter, sometime in December.

He was on his back with the shooter standing over him, where he fired a .45 directly into his stomach. The 230g full metal jacket entered his abdomen, ripped through his spleen, tore up a section of his liver and exited to the side of his spine, slightly higher than the entrance due to the angle.

Lifting up his shirt, now 4 months after, shows a huge vertical scar where they opened him up on the operating table. The exit wound on his back is no more than a 1/2” scar. He’s back to work and fully functioning.

No, I don’t know anything of this story and no clue how he found himself in this situation. I did however see the wounds with my own eyes.

Moral of the story: Choose FMJ’s to be shot by. Don’t use them if you are going to be doing the shooting.

WTF...that's horrible. There's some crazy MF'ers out there.