Hey, Toby here...35 year old been shooting since I was a kid. Haven't had any firearms for a few years now. I stopped and picked up a .22 rifle the other day, just because I missed having a gun 
I've had lots of guns over the years and I'm getting back into them as well as starting my collection over. Not really a hunter, just like to shoot, a plinker I guess, shooting at paper is the most boring thing in the world to me.
Well, good to be here, I'm going to go post about my .22 rifle in the .22 section.
Oh, I did have an accident when I was 13 back in TX where I'm from. I was already an experienced shooter by then. I was shooting a Remington 1100 12ga w/ 2 3/4" #6 Winchester Magnums. My left hand somehow lost grip of the stock after firing a round, the barrel dropped to my left shin. Of course it happened so fast my finger was still on the trigger, the weight of the gun pulled the trigger once more. That was point blank at the interior of my shin. The shot removed my shin to the bone, along with the muscle that raises your foot. Luckily the majority of the shot exited above and outside my ankle. Approx. 50 of the #6 shot was forced into my foot/ankle area, where it still resides. A new muscle from my back with some blood supply attached, some skin from my hip, and I'm near good as new. I can walk, run, etc...can't realy tell except for the obvious large scars. Kinda icky but I thought I'd share, probably not too many folks on here that's been shot...I hope.
I've had lots of guns over the years and I'm getting back into them as well as starting my collection over. Not really a hunter, just like to shoot, a plinker I guess, shooting at paper is the most boring thing in the world to me.
Well, good to be here, I'm going to go post about my .22 rifle in the .22 section.
Oh, I did have an accident when I was 13 back in TX where I'm from. I was already an experienced shooter by then. I was shooting a Remington 1100 12ga w/ 2 3/4" #6 Winchester Magnums. My left hand somehow lost grip of the stock after firing a round, the barrel dropped to my left shin. Of course it happened so fast my finger was still on the trigger, the weight of the gun pulled the trigger once more. That was point blank at the interior of my shin. The shot removed my shin to the bone, along with the muscle that raises your foot. Luckily the majority of the shot exited above and outside my ankle. Approx. 50 of the #6 shot was forced into my foot/ankle area, where it still resides. A new muscle from my back with some blood supply attached, some skin from my hip, and I'm near good as new. I can walk, run, etc...can't realy tell except for the obvious large scars. Kinda icky but I thought I'd share, probably not too many folks on here that's been shot...I hope.
