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8/8/2009 1:18:43 AM
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can you really die in one shot? Barrett 50 cal.
So me and my friend are having a pointless argument about the lethality of a barrett 50cal sniper rifle.
he says if you get shot ANYWHERE including like the flippin TOE that you will have a 100% chance of dying.
I told him he is wrong that if you got immediate medical attention you COULD survive and the only thing i could think of would be blood loss if you were shot in the foot.
He claims that it would rip off the limb and you would instantly bleed to death. There was a man who got his arm chainsawed off in my town and he got help about 2 minutes later and he lived.
So here is the question i need cleared up. Can you die if you get shot in the Leg, arm, toe, foot, or any other body part if you can make the bleeding stop and get immediate medical attention?
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the only places that i see you could live is if you were shot on the lower legs or the arms. and you would need Immediate medical attention and surgery due to massive bleeding and tissue damage there may be lasting damage but you could live
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Well, you down a toe, but you're not dead. The .50caliber is an armor-piercing round, so when it hits flesh, it'll easily pass through. Fatal shots are to the following (excluding grazing:) Anywhere above the nostrils The jugular vein. (located in the neck) the heart the liver the appendix. any of the body's main arteries. (one in each leg, couple in the chest) The spinal cord. (above the lungs) a nasty place to be shot would be the stomach. Sulfuric acid would leak out and melt anything it touches. If your lucky it'll simply eat a hole in your back.
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Head, neck, or center mass your most likely going to die, if not be in critical condition from a hit like that. If you're hit in the limbs, you will most likely lose the limb due to amputation, not the bullet tearing it off. A bullet going at 2700+ fps will most likely go straight through your arm, leg, foot whatever, but not before causing significant damage. If you get shot in the toe the worst that will happen is that the toe will be destroyed along with some of your foot. The shockwave may cause damage to your ankle and knees, but it won't be significant like something like amputation or dismemberment.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hot Fries Your friend is an idiot.[/quote]
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The toe? Your friend is a moron. [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Distraughted Your friend is an idiot, slap him if he's next to you right now.[/quote] Slap him again for me.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hot Fries Your friend is an idiot.[/quote]
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no duhhhhh
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Maybe the gun was powerful enough that when you get shot in the toe it rips off your entire leg and breaks your spine...
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Is this CoD 4 we're talking about? If it is, it's supposted to be the strongest sniper in the game. It just has LOTS of recoil..
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] outerpol [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hot Fries [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Adro99 [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] outerpol you can survive a shot to the head.[/quote]Not a .50 cal.... way to much force people can survive it on smaller rounds if the round gets stuck inbetween the skull and the brain[/quote] People have survived before, but it's unlikely. [/quote] Most of our brain is useless so sometimes(unlikely) you can survive.[/quote] [i]supposedly[/i] during wwi around 50% of headshot victims survived (read thatin some thing about trench warfare
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] lemon cup [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Elite Mouse [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] lemon cup You're all arguing based on what you've read or THINK you've seen (hunting goats in the mountains =/= shooting taliban in afghanistan) on the internet. Have any of you actually seen the affects of a .50 caliber bullet on a human being first hand? Didn't think so. This entire thread is pointless.[/quote] Wait, since when do they need to see the effect first-hand? Videos seem to work just fine. If I were to tell you that a truck can roll-over if turned abruptly, would I need to have seen it in real-life for it to be true? And, actually, firing a large caliber round at an organic creature is a very good way to demonstrate the effects of such. I've hunted a lot of small game with my elephant rifles, just for fun, and the aftermath is devastating. It isn't hard to place two and two.[/quote] Everything you see on the internet isn't true. Most people have seen the video titled along the lines of ".50 cal vs. Taliban", when in fact its just a dude shooting some type of small mammal with a small-caliber rifle. Small mammals aren't humans and elephant guns aren't .50 BMGs. It might be similar, but you don't know because you've never seen it, and probably never will, because something that gruesome wouldn't be on youtube. If a video does exist where you can see without a shadow of a doubt a human being shot by a .50, show me, and I will be happy to insert foot to mouth. Otherwise, my point stands. And the truck thing is common sense, plus it doesn't even fall under the same category. Saying "a truck will tip over when turned abruptly" is like saying "if you fire a gun at someone, the bullet will hit them." We're talking about the affects of the incident, not the incident itself.[/quote] Still, if the bullet were to hit something as trivial as a foot, I'm sure the person would survive.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hot Fries Your friend is an idiot.[/quote] I agree with this.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Uncle Screwtape But if a sniper shoots you in the foot, then that's just pathetic.[/quote]I hadn't even thought about it, but this. Tell your friend to make up a more realistic argument.
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In fact, a better question would be why the sniper in question wouldn't be using a caliber more suited to killing "soft" targets like enemy soldiers. The .50 cal snipers you see are mainly in use to establish perimeters and disable light to medium armored vehicles.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Hot Fries Your friend is an idiot.[/quote]
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Elite Mouse [quote][b]Posted by:[/b] lemon cup You're all arguing based on what you've read or THINK you've seen (hunting goats in the mountains =/= shooting taliban in afghanistan) on the internet. Have any of you actually seen the affects of a .50 caliber bullet on a human being first hand? Didn't think so. This entire thread is pointless.[/quote] Wait, since when do they need to see the effect first-hand? Videos seem to work just fine. If I were to tell you that a truck can roll-over if turned abruptly, would I need to have seen it in real-life for it to be true? And, actually, firing a large caliber round at an organic creature is a very good way to demonstrate the effects of such. I've hunted a lot of small game with my elephant rifles, just for fun, and the aftermath is devastating. It isn't hard to place two and two.[/quote] Everything you see on the internet isn't true. Most people have seen the video titled along the lines of ".50 cal vs. Taliban", when in fact its just a dude shooting some type of small mammal with a small-caliber rifle. Small mammals aren't humans and elephant guns aren't .50 BMGs. It might be similar, but you don't know because you've never seen it, and probably never will, because something that gruesome wouldn't be on youtube. If a video does exist where you can see without a shadow of a doubt a human being shot by a .50, show me, and I will be happy to insert foot to mouth. Otherwise, my point stands. And the truck thing is common sense, plus it doesn't even fall under the same category. Saying "a truck will tip over when turned abruptly" is like saying "if you fire a gun at someone, the bullet will hit them." We're talking about the affects of the incident, not the incident itself.
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If you get hit (hit not grazed) on the torso, neck, or head, you're pretty much f**ked. If you get hit (NOT GRAZED, toe or finger) on a limb, there's a good chance you're losing that limb, hand, or foot. If an artery is hit, you're probably screwed.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Deathlock257 So me and my friend are having a pointless argument about the lethality of a barrett 50cal sniper rifle. he says if you get shot ANYWHERE including like the flippin TOE that you will have a 100% chance of dying. I told him he is wrong that if you got immediate medical attention you COULD survive and the only thing i could think of would be blood loss if you were shot in the foot. He claims that it would rip off the limb and you would instantly bleed to death. There was a man who got his arm chainsawed off in my town and he got help about 2 minutes later and he lived. So here is the question i need cleared up. Can you die if you get shot in the Leg, arm, toe, foot, or any other body part if you can make the bleeding stop and get immediate medical attention?[/quote]Not really. Only (99.999999999999999999999999999999999) Guarenteed kill is in the heart or head.
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Dude a .50 cal can blow any of ur limbs off... Blood loss and shock will do the rest
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1 ReplyIn r/l one shot of anything can kill you.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] Deathlock257 He claims that it would rip off the limb and you would instantly bleed to death.[/quote] hmm an instant bleed out possibly the most retarded statment i have ever heard [Edited on 08.07.2009 6:42 PM PDT]
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It depends on where you are shot. Even if you are shot in the upper arm you might survive, but only if the artery is either missed entirely, or cut cleanly. Anything in the hands or feet, or the lower arms or legs won't usually be lethal, except in the case of an artery being hit. Anything in the torso or head is pretty much guaranteed to be lethal. Also, It depends on the kind of bullet being used, and the range that the shot is taken from. A close range shot will have more power than a long range one, and explosive rounds will be more devastating to a person than armor piercing rounds. Also, it depends on the medical care available, and the environment. If you get shot in the foot and it gets infected, that can also be lethal. The short version is: no, fifty caliber bullets aren't guaranteed to be lethal.
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[quote][b]Posted by:[/b] lemon cup You're all arguing based on what you've read or THINK you've seen (hunting goats in the mountains =/= shooting taliban in afghanistan) on the internet. Have any of you actually seen the affects of a .50 caliber bullet on a human being first hand? Didn't think so. This entire thread is pointless.[/quote] Wait, since when do they need to see the effect first-hand? Videos seem to work just fine. If I were to tell you that a truck can roll-over if turned abruptly, would I need to have seen it in real-life for it to be true? And, actually, firing a large caliber round at an organic creature is a very good way to demonstrate the effects of such. I've hunted a lot of small game with my elephant rifles, just for fun, and the aftermath is devastating. It isn't hard to place two and two. [Edited on 08.07.2009 6:33 PM PDT]
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If you do get shot in the toe, it would tear your foot apart. But if you do get medical attention ASAP, then you might just lose an apendage, instead of your life.
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Hey guys, in Call of Duty you can shoot somebody in the head with a pistol in the head and they won't die. So...my friend and I are going to go try this out in my backyard with his daddy's pistol! Will post a video later with his health regeneration!
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You're all arguing based on what you've read or THINK you've seen (hunting goats in the mountains =/= shooting taliban in afghanistan) on the internet. Have any of you actually seen the affects of a .50 caliber bullet on a human being first hand? Didn't think so. This entire thread is pointless.
