I believe my friend. He was there in a Saigon bar ordered to take out an NVA agent and a South Vietnamese double-agent. He made a mess out of them. Walked in the front door did the hit and out the back into a parked jeep(no driver) that was there for him and he drove away. He tells me to this day “I can still see their eyes’’. He’s now on a full PTSD disability from the VA. Took him a long time and a lot of bs with the VA to get it too.
The only truly impressive looking hand gun wound I have ever seen was a 44 mag hollow point to the knee. Most pistol wounds just aren’t that impressive looking. In fact, they can be easy to miss.