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Just cause its a Deagle doesnt mean its .50, could very well be .44 or .357. And i mean he could have survived, he would have lost motor skills like walking and speaking but plenty of people went through the same thing and recovered with a year of rehab.

We aren't even sure it was direct impact either, could very well grazed him and an split one of the major arteries behind/around the ear. If the russians stiched the artery up he could have survived given it would have taken a decent amount of time to bleed out from the head. Just sayinghe might not be dead. Maybe thats why ghost wears a mask?