Anyone ever been shot?

[SA Friday]

Took a 7.62 to the upper left chest....

Round impacted on the corner of my plate where the angled cut is, got destroyed mostly on the plate, but sent numerous chunks of shrap into my shoulder, pulled most of it out with a gerber multi-tool...tossed some dressing over it, took care of it when I got back to the FOB.

The impact in the plate hurt more than the shrapnel getting shot into my shoulder...

Had a bruise encompassing my left shoulder down to 3" under the nipple line in a big yellow/black/blue circle...

Shit hurt.

Never had a penetrating gun shot though...I consider myself fortunate. That was the only time I've been hit in my military career and I'm thankful it wasn't a 7.62x51 or 54, might've gone right through and that may've been it for me :P

Still have the plate? I would, and the military would get told to go F themselves about getting it back.

[Slapps74]

You're lucky it wasn't a .45, probably would have taken your arm off at the elbow.

Dont think that it would have made any difference.

[Slapps74]

This is what a 10mm WILL do. The first is self explanatory, the second is where the pressure blew my hand apart no wound track, the third is the exit wound after a skin graft.

[hurley842002]

This is what a 10mm WILL do.

As requested! Thank you sir, that is gnarly, glad you are okay!

[King]

This thread needs more Pics. Thanks Slapps

[Slapps74]

As requested! Thank you sir, that is gnarly, glad you are okay!

Thanks. Hand will never work right again but it works I'd say 80% and it could have been worse. It could have been a .45 haha.

[Slapps74]

I have lots but hard to upload. Have some cool x-rays. You can see the bullet fragments, the two plates and all the screws.

[JMBD2112]

I have lots but hard to upload. Have some cool x-rays. You can see the bullet fragments, the two plates and all the screws.

that is gnarly, glad you're ok. Does it still hurt? Mine does sometimes

[hurley842002]

Thanks. Hand will never work right again but it works I'd say 80% and it could have been worse. It could have been a .45 haha.

Damn, I see you are in Thornton, I'll have to buy you a beer sometime for sharing.

[NightCat]

Still have the plate? I would, and the military would get told to go F themselves about getting it back.

The plate was written off as damaged and was destroyed as far as I know, once I got back from the field hospital after the bruise had subsided and I was X-Ray'd, MRI'd and a ton of other scans for internal bodily damage, I was issues a new set and sent back out.

Took about a month and a half for the bruise to go away....I was all sorts of colors, yellow, black, blue, brown,...and white people used to call African Americans "colored" lol