’ “I thought it was a mosquito sting at first.” Seriously? What did he shoot him with?’
Some people are lucky and can only process so much pain at one moment. A clean thru-and-thru flesh wound from a rifle striking no bone also helps. I’ve read other accounts from people that said they didn’t even know they had been shot at first. I always boggle but I have no reason to doubt.
Shooting soft tissue, with a .223/5.56 using FMJ’s, is like poking something with an ice pick. Esecially with todays 1:7 to 1:9 twist rifles, no one is running the true 1:12 that was originally developed to get that bullet to yaw early.