Anyone been shot?
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!)JoeBlackSpade
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My dad was shot in the thigh in Vietnam.
He described it as being hit by a sledgehammer at 200 miles an hour. He said after he was hit, he realized he was looking upwards, laying on his back, and not 30 seconds later, he thought he was on fire, because the wound burned so bad. The femur splintered on impact, and he said it took his breath away. It took effort not to hyperventilate. A medic gave him morphine for the pain, but he said before it took effect, he swore there was a nerve that ran from the thigh right to the back of his temple.
He described it as being hit by a sledgehammer at 200 miles an hour. He said after he was hit, he realized he was looking upwards, laying on his back, and not 30 seconds later, he thought he was on fire, because the wound burned so bad. The femur splintered on impact, and he said it took his breath away. It took effort not to hyperventilate. A medic gave him morphine for the pain, but he said before it took effect, he swore there was a nerve that ran from the thigh right to the back of his temple.
tony pasley
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Yes several times Military enough said.
I will second that!
I knew a Korean Veteran who had been wounded several times and had to fight it out hand to hand with bayonettes when he ran out of ammo. He was the roughest old man I ever did know (met him in hunting camp) but after a few weeks of knowing him, I saw through that. I came to love that surly old man.
If it weren't for the American soldier that is so despised by the world and moreso each day 1/2+ of our elected representatives, this world would be full of despots and horror unimaginable.
Thank you one....thank you all....words fall short.
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I knew a Korean Veteran who had been wounded several times and had to fight it out hand to hand with bayonettes when he ran out of ammo. He was the roughest old man I ever did know (met him in hunting camp) but after a few weeks of knowing him, I saw through that. I came to love that surly old man.
If it weren't for the American soldier that is so despised by the world and moreso each day 1/2+ of our elected representatives, this world would be full of despots and horror unimaginable.
Thank you one....thank you all....words fall short.
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Never been shot, but a couple of quick stories from some vets I had the pleasure of knowing:
Had an uncle that got shot up with a machine gun in Vietnam. All the medics and doctors thought he would die, but he didn't. He did end up having a good portion of intestines, his spleen, part of his liver, and a kidney removed. All of that gave him health problems for the rest of his life. He remembered being shot, but couldn't remember what it felt like. I always thought that was kind of weird. I guess the brain does some pretty weird things in those kinds of situations. Sadly, he ended up passing away a few years ago.
I knew another VN vet that I worked alongside when I was in construction. He was a Huey pilot. He got shot on three separate occasions through the same leg with 7.62x39. Once through the meat of the calf, once through the meat of the thigh, and the last one, which put him out of combat, was through the back of the knee, blowing out his patella through the front. He said all of them felt like a hard "thump" followed by an intense burning sensation, but he said that none of them were debilitating pain except the one through his knee. I think it must bring a whole other level of pain when bone is struck, especially if it's shattered. Just my guess though, I've never been shot.
Jason
Had an uncle that got shot up with a machine gun in Vietnam. All the medics and doctors thought he would die, but he didn't. He did end up having a good portion of intestines, his spleen, part of his liver, and a kidney removed. All of that gave him health problems for the rest of his life. He remembered being shot, but couldn't remember what it felt like. I always thought that was kind of weird. I guess the brain does some pretty weird things in those kinds of situations. Sadly, he ended up passing away a few years ago.
I knew another VN vet that I worked alongside when I was in construction. He was a Huey pilot. He got shot on three separate occasions through the same leg with 7.62x39. Once through the meat of the calf, once through the meat of the thigh, and the last one, which put him out of combat, was through the back of the knee, blowing out his patella through the front. He said all of them felt like a hard "thump" followed by an intense burning sensation, but he said that none of them were debilitating pain except the one through his knee. I think it must bring a whole other level of pain when bone is struck, especially if it's shattered. Just my guess though, I've never been shot.
Jason
I'll say one other thing about vets.....
Most true heros won't talk to you about their experiences. They claim it was just "doing my job". I call BS on that one. It was much more than doing your job.
Just doing your job would have netted the Americans lots of war losses. No, you guys did the impossible and then reached even further.
I can't say enough about the respect I have for soldiers.
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Most true heros won't talk to you about their experiences. They claim it was just "doing my job". I call BS on that one. It was much more than doing your job.
Just doing your job would have netted the Americans lots of war losses. No, you guys did the impossible and then reached even further.
I can't say enough about the respect I have for soldiers.
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shepherddogs
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Had a ricochet from my 45 bounce back off a steel plate and ride up the bone in bottom part of my forearm. Felt like I had been hit on the bone with a baseball bat. The bullet went under the skin and up the bone about 2 inches from entry. Left a big giant knot that was sore as all getout. I sat in the emergency room all night waiting to get it out and they wanted to leave it in. A couple days later I got an orthopedic doctor to take it out in his office. It took him about 3 minutes to numb my arm and take it out. The ER took all night and didn't do anything. Long story short it hurt a lot. I'd hate to get one at full speed. I can relate to the knock down principle. While I wasn't incapacitated I was quite stunned for several minutes. I can see how a 45 could take the fight right out of you.
just like Lavid2002 I was shot in the Eye with a bb gun (pellet) by a friend's ricochet.
I was shooting rats in the basement and my friend thought it would be cool to shoot a rag hanging from a pipe(by the wall) as I am saying NOO it hits me and I drop to the ground and he thought I was being a puss untill I got up and flicked the pellet out of the side of my eye. This is not like any of the guys that have been hit with real stuff but I still thank God I did not lose my eye and God just pushed it to the side.
I never went shooting with that guy again.
P.S It was a dirt basement all but by the water heater with the pipe and the brick wall.
I was shooting rats in the basement and my friend thought it would be cool to shoot a rag hanging from a pipe(by the wall) as I am saying NOO it hits me and I drop to the ground and he thought I was being a puss untill I got up and flicked the pellet out of the side of my eye. This is not like any of the guys that have been hit with real stuff but I still thank God I did not lose my eye and God just pushed it to the side.
I never went shooting with that guy again.
P.S It was a dirt basement all but by the water heater with the pipe and the brick wall.
I took an AK round through the side of my calf. It was dark and we were running, it felt like a hard thump but did not hurt that bad. it never hit bone. i thought i ran into something while running. when we got back on our side of the berm and back to our area i thought it felt wet. about 10 minutes later i noticed my BDU's had a hole in them and it was wet. a buddy called over the Gunny and sure as **** i had been hit. clean in and clean out. they cleaned it out really good and a few stiches and i was good to go. i spent 14 days out of the unit on light duty and that was it. it never really hurt untill they started cleaning it out.
My story is a little diferent. Shotgun. I was 14, opening day of dove season in Mississippi at my Grandfather's farm. Cornfield probably 200 yards long and 60 yards wide. I bent over to pick up my last bird and the stupid old man across the field shot at a low bird and dusted me. (father of my uncle by marriage) This of course led to a long string of profanity and the end of the hunt. This was not a simple peppering of shot landing on my head, this was a 50 yd. horizontal shot. Luckily I was facing away from the idiot so even though it broke the skin on my back and the back of my head it didn't get my face. Always wear shooting glasses!
similar - 40 cal off a SIG....beaned me right in the middle of the forehead. slug
and jacket protruded so they taped a cup around it and off I went to the emer-
gency room. had about 2 dozen people in line....but at the mention of gunshot,
jumped to the head of the line. big headache for days, and got lots of extra
attention from the hunnies.
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JoeBlackSpade
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You guys with .45 ricochets must be plinking really close.
You using shotgun targets/poppers? If so, I can see the possibility of a real good ricochet. If not, I'd like to know what you were shooting on, in case I ever encounter a similar setup somewhere. I hit a number of different ranges, and use paper targets on them, but every once in a while, I get to use other types. I know the poppers have too much mass for any large caliber weapon at close range. Granted you can use 12ga. slugs on poppers forever and a day, but you'd better be 25 meters or more...
I use something just a little similar to this:
You using shotgun targets/poppers? If so, I can see the possibility of a real good ricochet. If not, I'd like to know what you were shooting on, in case I ever encounter a similar setup somewhere. I hit a number of different ranges, and use paper targets on them, but every once in a while, I get to use other types. I know the poppers have too much mass for any large caliber weapon at close range. Granted you can use 12ga. slugs on poppers forever and a day, but you'd better be 25 meters or more...
I use something just a little similar to this:
rantingredneck
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I had the same thing happen but it was a 14 year old that shot me. Peppered and bruised my legs pretty good, but nothing penetrated my jeans. Had he aimed a bit higher and caught me in the face it would have been more serious.
Had some jerk whistle buckshot over my head once too while deer hunting. Had he aimed lower I wouldn't be sitting here typing.
Hallucinator
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Bullet fragments, shrapnel. Very minor.
Age 14 I was shot with a shotgun. 80 yards so it didnt penetrate. Sounded wierd tho, the shot falling thru the tall grass as it hit me.
Working as a bouncer, took a guy outside cause he was creating a ruckus, let him go turned my back, he shot me with a .25, It hurt like a huge wasp stung me, eyes teared up couldnt see too good. Rolled under a truck to get away. Left shoulder blade took it. The bullet fragged into a few small pieces, a race track worker removed it for me.
I know a few VN vets that got shot up. They dont talk about it at all. Uncle was in for 3 tours but he is dead.
Working as a bouncer, took a guy outside cause he was creating a ruckus, let him go turned my back, he shot me with a .25, It hurt like a huge wasp stung me, eyes teared up couldnt see too good. Rolled under a truck to get away. Left shoulder blade took it. The bullet fragged into a few small pieces, a race track worker removed it for me.
I know a few VN vets that got shot up. They dont talk about it at all. Uncle was in for 3 tours but he is dead.