Thread: A question for the doubters

Originally Posted by Hermitage

I was shot in the leg by a .223 from close range in a hunting accident.
The round entered the lateral side of my left leg about 5cm below the knee. It lodged in my tibia. It caused a compression injury to my lateral meniscus. It caused a pulling tear to the medial meniscus. It also stretched and tore my medial collateral ligament, partially tore my patellar tendon and tore both the ACL and my PCL.
Didn’t really hurt at first, but it dropped me like a rock. I've always suspected that had it been a .308, it probably would have ripped my leg off at the knee. Better a chronically sore leg and a limp than no leg.

Wow, you are I believe quite correct - a bigger caliber bullet would likely not have lodged in the tibia it would have passed straight through. I take my hat of to you though, you have experience something that most people haven't and lived to comment on the thread with actual first hand experience. In your case for whatever reason I would suggest that the bullet would not have been capable of the job the OP asked!