The Annoyed Man wrote:I had a similar discharge once, and it was with a .44 magnum.........indoors.........right next to my left ear.
It was negligence, not an accident. Your's was too.
Those hurt. I haven't had an ND or an AD yet, but I was driving a humvee in Iraq, going through the process of clearing weapons before coming back onto base when my gunner had an ND. He cleared the .50, or so he thought. I took my headset off and was in the process of taking flak jacket, etc off when he "dry fired" 2 rounds into the embankment. Burst my right eardrum, and one of the hot expended shells fell between my collar and my neck, and rolled all the way down to by beltline taking sheets of my skin with it. I now have 68% hearing loss in my right ear, and a 4 inch wide scar on my back from my neck to my booty. On a positive note, my wife says my rhodesian ridgeback and I have matching backs :)