by tigwelder56 » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:05 pm
Excellent idea 33! I haven't shot any airsoft pistols before. What kind of pain are you going to experience when hit with one of those soft BB's? Would heavy clothing, jeans and a long sleeve shirt be adequate to reduce the sting to a tolerable level? LOL!! I've been shot any number of times with a real BB gun (growing up of course!) and I can fondly remember those instances well! I'm always amazed at the luck we experienced as kids when performing "Stupid Human Tricks". The instance that stands out most in my memory was when my best friend Chuck and I were up on Beacon Hill playing search and destroy. I spotted him about 100 feet away and with my pump Crosman BB rifle I saw a flash of color from his blue jacket and point fired. The following thing was perhaps one of the worst things I've ever had to experience. I saw his rifle go flying and he screamed. The next thing I witnessed was him grabbing his face and falling to the ground, screaming in apparent agony! As a 14 year old kid, I was scared to death!! When I made that two second 100 foot dash, Chuck was sitting up. I asked him if I had shot him in the eye and he shook his head in the affirmative. At that point I was ready to puke! I was so sorry and scared for my best friend that I simply didn't know how I was going to make his life "whole" ever again. At the time, at that age, I couldn't compare it to anything worse. So for that moment it was the worst thing I could remember being responsible for. When Chuck finally was able to remove his hands from his face, which was bleeding, I got a look at my marksmanship. Thank God I didn't actually shoot him in either eye. What I had managed to accomplish was a perfectly placed shot right between the eyes! The BB didn't enter deep enough to stay but it damn sure was deep enough to penetrate the first few layers of skin and meat (between the eye brows) and it was bleeding like a stuck pig!
I thank God every day for letting Chuck keep both of his eyes and encourage every young man and woman with an interest in shooting to not repeat my mistake. That was the last time I ever did that and was the time in my life that proved, you don't aim/fire any gun, at anyone, for any reason, other than causing extreme harm or death. Trust me, there is no fun experiencing a living nightmare like that...
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