[Lythal]

Originally Posted by 30564U ↗

I was shot accidentally in the neck with a .177 caliber copper BB when I was 15 years old. It made a very odd hole that stayed a hole for several days, but it didn't bleed very much. The hole closed by itself a couple of days later, but never scabbed...it just closed. Well, flash forward a few years. When I was 20, I went through my police medical exam and was given a chest x-ray. The doctors were confused by the strange little round dot that showed up high on my chest...it was the BB. I couldn't believe that damn BB had actually entered my neck and after five years had worked it's way down into my upper chest. It's kind of funny, but it still shows up on chest x-rays even today. Thank God it was a copper BB and not a lead pellet. By the time I'm in my nineties maybe it'll have worked it's way down into my testicals.

Thats pretty cool!
I have seen a dog when i was working in the vets with a similar thing, it had its microchip up on its shoulders/neck as usual, but over the years it migrated, so when we x rayed him before surgury you could see that the microchip had migrated to the underside of his chest!

[cliff richard]

I think that is a air rifle pellet,maybe a .22 calibre ?

[ralucagymnast]

Originally Posted by cliff richard ↗

I think that is a air rifle pellet,maybe a .22 calibre ?

Defo an air rifle, and defo a .22 as well My son had one of these a few years ago, they can be damned dangerous as fuck, as seen in this article. People think of them as "toys" but in the wrong hands, can cause serious damage. Some info on the legality of these things in the UK, I pinched it from good old WikiAir pistols generating more than 6 ft·lbf (8.1 J) and air rifles generating more than 12 ft·lbf (16.2 J) of energy are considered firearms.[19] Therefore such air rifles require a Firearm Certificate(FAC) but such air pistols are Prohibited Weapons under Section 5 of the 1968 Firearms Act. Section 5 Authority is usually only granted to members of the Gun Trade. Pistols and rifles below these energy levels do not require licensing, and may be purchased by anyone over the age of 18. In Northern Ireland any air rifle or air pistol generating more than 0.737 ft·lbf (1 J) is considered a firearm [20] and as such requires a FAC. The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 prohibits online or mail-order sale of new air guns; transactions must be finalised face-to-face, either at the shop where purchased, or through a Registered Firearms Dealer (to which an item may be posted and the transfer completed).

From 10 February 2011, The Crime & Security Act 2010 (S.46) made it an offence "...for a person in possession of an air weapon to fail to take reasonable precautions to prevent any person under the age of eighteen from having the weapon with him...".[21] This legislation essentially relates to the storage of air guns and the requirement of owners to prevent unauthorised access by children. Failure to do so renders owners liable for a fine of up to £1,000.[22]

Any person on private property (land or water), not in possession of the written permission of the landowner, is trespassing; possession of an air gun when doing so, with or without ammunition, loaded or unloaded is armed trespass, and is considered a serious criminal offence subject to heavy penalties.[23]

Regarding just brute force, a crossbow is more deadly, but thats irrelevant. In the wrong hands anything can be dangerous. Think of some pisshead on a Friday or Saturday night who thinks they can fight every cunt when theyre bladdered and armed with a broken bottle!! Alcohol makes an 8 stone guy believe he can take down a fucking 6 feet odd 14 stone cage figher or something like that.
Heavy for that kid though; sad

[30564U]

Hysterical British anti-gun phobia...it's a air gun not a rocket launcher. Geez.

[Insideoutbodies]

oh man i use those to kill barn rats hollow points makes a mess though my boss dont like blood stains in the barn .