RE: 22. bullet fired in pocket
I can tell you as a fact that whena .22 shellfires outside of a barrel the result is flying shrapnel from the case that would fly straight through any clothing or flesh nearby. If this really occured you are beyond extremely lucky thatyou do not have brass shell casings lodged deep in your leg or your femural artery which likely would have killed you before you got out of the woods.
JC