【海外の反応】銃で撃たれても最初は気づかない？経験者が語る「被弾の感覚」が衝撃的すぎた

The two times I got shot, I didn't notice it at first with the adrenaline, the moment things calmed down even a little bit it felt similar to having a drop of molten metal hitting you on bare skin from overhead welding, then the following days it sucked and hurt like any other bad injury.

Probably depends where. I was shot in both legs.

Thigh and behind knee that came out mid shin in front. Felt like a toddler took their finger and bipped my leg. Had no idea it even happened until a few steps later when blood started splurting out in front of me from the exit wound by my shin with each step I took. Looked down to see about a nickel to quarter sized hole in my leg.

The one on the thigh didn't hurt at all. Even hours or days. Healed up in a week or two. In and out both holes were the same size. The one behind the knee went through some tendons and I had to do physical therapy for a couple months. Had to pack the wound with gauze so it healed from the inside out.

I'm sure if it went through a bone I'd have felt it more. And been in much more pain.

From a report I read from WWII about a British soldier shot in the shoulder during the Dieppe raids, was that it felt like being hit by a sledgehammer

it burns, burns badly and if you take one in the chest you can’t breathe 

While not shot, I was hit by an IED in Iraq. Left side hit mostly. Once the firefight stopped and adrenaline dipped it was an Insane burning, as a piece was lodged in my abdomen and another into my groin. Left hand still has a few pieces and a piece of a bolt hit my upper hip and they removed it from my buttcheek….hence my name leadinmyass (also wasn't the fastest runner).

I've read a lot about the murder of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. His wife was shot too, but the bullet grazed her arm and she was just mildly injuried.

She always referred to it as a burning sensation

Felt like getting hit with something heavy when wearing body armor. It's only after you realize how tiny the bullets are compared to what you felt.

My dad was hit in the knee by a sniper in the Korean war. He said it felt like being hit by a baseball bat with a spike in it.

When I was in college waiting to get into a club, my friends and I were chatting up the bouncer and asked how many crazy situations he’s had to break up or get involved in.

Conversation evolves and one of my buddy’s asks him if he’s ever been shot. He says yes. We ask what it feels like, and he said, exactly this: “A lot like getting stabbed, but hot as fuck.”

As a kid, I shot my self in the foot with a 22 cal rifle jumping over/off a log while squirrel hunting. It went through my coveralls and jeans, then down the tongue of the boot and through my wool socks. Stopped in the top of my foot and lodged into the metatarsal. It was HOT! I couldn't get my boot off fast enough. It fell out and bled like crazy. I'd have got away with it but my mom found my pants and socks and boots and put it together. Couldn't go hunting alone after that.