Impact trauma can effectively “turn off” the nerves that would otherwise scream in pain.
Many years ago, I dropped a hammer on a .22 blank that happened to be on the ground, primer side up. It fired – very loudly. It wasn’t until many minutes later, when I felt an itch from a trickle of blood running down my arm, that I noticed what appeared to be a sliver of brass embedded in my arm.
After struggling to get a grip on the “sliver”, I finally managed to pull it out – and found myself holding a ragged piece of brass about .5″ by 1″. The .22 casing had split, flattened out, flew from the ground to my arm at waist level, and embedded itself about halfway between wrist and elbow. I felt nothing – until I yanked it out.
January 18th, 2005 at 9:40 am
See, all guns are bad. I suppose we’ll have to ban those as well.
January 18th, 2005 at 1:42 pm
I believe i speak for everyone when I ask: how do you not notice something like that?
January 18th, 2005 at 2:11 pm
Bill: I’m thinking vodka was involved. Well, for starters.
January 18th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
Impact trauma can effectively “turn off” the nerves that would otherwise scream in pain.
Many years ago, I dropped a hammer on a .22 blank that happened to be on the ground, primer side up. It fired – very loudly. It wasn’t until many minutes later, when I felt an itch from a trickle of blood running down my arm, that I noticed what appeared to be a sliver of brass embedded in my arm.
After struggling to get a grip on the “sliver”, I finally managed to pull it out – and found myself holding a ragged piece of brass about .5″ by 1″. The .22 casing had split, flattened out, flew from the ground to my arm at waist level, and embedded itself about halfway between wrist and elbow. I felt nothing – until I yanked it out.