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g.willikers · June 26, 2014, 02:28 PM

It kind of depends on the bullet.
I've been hit with countless lead bullets, that came straight back in the shape of flat quarter, without much harm - just a light bruise.
But I needed stitches in my nose from a piece of very sharp jacketed bullet from a handgun round off of a pepper popper.
It sliced it wide open and had to be pulled out with pliers.
A little to the left and I would be looking at the world with only one eye.
Doubtful that my safety glasses would have been enough protection.
So some caution is required.

June 26, 2014, 02:28 PM	#5
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	It kind of depends on the bullet. I've been hit with countless lead bullets, that came straight back in the shape of flat quarter, without much harm - just a light bruise. But I needed stitches in my nose from a piece of very sharp jacketed bullet from a handgun round off of a pepper popper. It sliced it wide open and had to be pulled out with pliers. A little to the left and I would be looking at the world with only one eye. Doubtful that my safety glasses would have been enough protection. So some caution is required. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”