Gun shot- mouth, temple, or ear?

[TiredHorse]

In all fairness, I walked into a gun shop, picked out the biggest handgun they had (.357 Magnum Revolver) and said "I want this one." The cashier almost pleaded with me not to get it as my ignorance on the weapon was clear.

No, that's... Not ideal.

It can be a difficult balance to strike, choosing a gun large enough to reliably CTB, but small enough to hold with any accuracy. In my mind, the bottom line is that accuracy always takes precedent over power: a .22 will kill you just as dead as a .357 Mag if you can hit the brainstem. To a great extent, in this application the only reason to go with a larger caliber is to compensate for bad aim: the larger the caliber, the greater the radius of damage, and the greater your chances to die even if you miss the brainstem with the bullet itself.

As for using your thumb, with the gun pointed into your mouth, my understanding is that can actually be an effective approach. Especially if you use two hands, with both thumbs; not only have you got the strength of both thumbs, but you're less likely to pull the gun off target to one side or the other.

I'm really surprised you don't have hearing damage from that shot. A .357 is a loud beast! But yes, you dodged the proverbial bullet with that ending as well as it did. Yes, you failed to CTB, but you didn't end up a vegetable or a face transplant candidate. It could have been a lot worse.

 

[iiioowooiii]

Sadgirl9999,

1) Regarding caliber, you could move down to a .40 S&W and below that would be the 9mm. I strongly recommend not using anything smaller than the 9mm in a pistol.

2) Double-action semi-autos can be problematic to master at the beginning. The initial trigger pull is a long, fairly heavy double-action which typically does make that first shot tougher to get off followed by much shorter and easier single-action trigger pulls. So yes, a DA semi-auto pistol wasn't the best thing you could've bought as a beginner.

3) Regarding how to place the muzzle end in your mouth, you'd want to put it in as far as you comfortably could while sitting upright and then tilt your head down a little while still maintaining an upright position.

Hi, I have a snub nose .38 is that going to do the trick, through the mouth. Thanks

 

[mandyjohnuk]

Neither.
Try back of neck if you can some how as severes the brain stem and results in instant death.

 

[tvoisluga]

I work in the medical field and I saw people admitted to ER from failing the mouth method. They survive with a severe head trauma.

Exactly what i thought. So seems if youre scared of flinching gun is a no go? My european ass will flinch 100% but i KNEW i read somewhere mouth could fail often.