funny you should ask, about thirty yrs ago, my older brother and one of my cousins thought it would be fun to play “war” using 22 caliber shells with the slug removed and replaced by melted wax. The rules were: you could shoot the other person, but only on areas of the skin protected by clothing. Of course, my cousin shot my brother in the leg from about fifty feet away (he was wearing shorts) and the hardened wax put a hole in his skin, leaving a nice bloody wound. He was so pissed, he threw down his pistol, ran over, tackled my cousin, and proceeded to pound the snot out of him with his fists. I didn’t see it, but heard about it secondhand. My cousin face was pretty messed up for a few days. Neither went to the hospital, but my brother walked with a limp for a couple days.
You should never, ever, ever point a gun at anyone/anything unless you intend on shooting them. You should always assume a gun is loaded even if you know that it is not. Gun safety is nothing to fuck around with, and irresponsible behavior with firearms is why those of us with the skill and knowledge and respect for firearms find those who do stupid shit with guns should be banned from using firearms. Guns aren’t toys, and should never be looked upon as anything but deadly weapons.
If you can’t be safe with a gun, buy a baseball bat. You can still kill someone with a bat, but you have to be close enough to hit them with it.