What Does It Sound Like To Get Shot At? Bullet Sounds Near & Far

When I was a kid, me and my family were fishing at an arroyo in South Texas, when we started hearing this weird buzzing sound going right above our heads, followed by a popping noise. My dad, who had been a Marine in Korea, yelled at us to get down, and then started screaming at someone about 100 yards down the bank from us. But they either didn't hear him, or were ignoring him...until he started shooting back with his 1911 .45 ACP., kicking up dirt plumes on the bank, just in front of them. Needless to say, that got their attention, and they stopped shooting. We later came to realize that they were shooting a .22 at the water, and the projectiles were ricocheting and tumbling over our heads, making the whirring sound of the tumbling bullets. That is a sound I will never forget. Man, I miss my dad.

Former Combat Medic here, and I have had a 7.62x54 round come so close to my head, that I heard the crack and the buzz of the bullet and felt the “breeze” from the shockwave on my face. For everyone talking about how they would freak out, jus remember this one thing; if you hear it, you’re golden. You don’t hear the one that gets you.

That one round from the M1 was extremely close to them. Wow! A legitimate "danger close" moment right there.

7.62x51mm is LOUD at 100 yards! I got to experience that during a training session for our department's sniper/observer team. One of the team members was having some issues with his M1A. We had gone down range to check targets and his shots were all over the place. He went back up to the firing line, while we stayed at the targets, just to hear what .308 sounded like when you're on the receiving end of it. We got behind the 10 feet tall berm the targets were mounted on and he cut loose. I can tell you , it was painfully loud, and you absolutely could not tell where the shots were coming from. At that distance, the bullet and the report arrived pretty much simultaneously, so there was no gun shot report. It humbles you,

Its really absurd how far technology has progressed, that we can have Garandthumb with and without balaclava in the same shot interacting.

When I was in Afghanistan in my first firefight I remember my first thought on hearing incoming rounds was "Holy shit Battlefield got the cracks right!"

12:52 - That scary sound is because the 30hate round tumbled on the terrain but didn't lose enough speed to go subsonic. You heard a lower pitched snap and the whizz, which means the round was covering more "area" than what it was supposed to, therefore, slowed down and start cutting the air irregularly.

I didn't think bullet sounds in games would have been so realistic, cause I recognize all these sounds and have never been to a shooting range before

“I have served, not necessarily in the military. I have received discounts” Charlie is great, a national treasure really.

Charlie looks soooo uncomfortable getting shot at whereas mike seems right at home 😂

Highly familiar with 5.56 sound, as being a Marine veteran...for rifle qualification we literally do what these guys did in the "pits" have to bring targets up and down, so yeah that 5.56 at max 500 yards is very peculiar sound. When it's even closer it's much louder overhead. I've experienced 7.62 as well, but wasn't in a training environment for that. I hope the Marine Corps never gets rid of Marines having to work the pits, because it builds character, and you find out what it sounds like to get shot at when you're in cover.

Many years ago I was hunting on my property. I was sitting in a treestand and someone was hunting across the creek and probably about .15 miles away. They shot and a stray bullet hit the tree right in front of me. The sound of it all was so scary. I will never forget the bullet sound whizzing past me and hitting the tree.

The juxtaposition of Mike and Charlie when rounds came overhead, was pure. Highly enjoyable collaboration presented here.

My grandfather fought in Korea. I was sighting in my deer rifle with him 20 years ago at 200 yards. I took the first shot at the paper target and he walked down (to the target) to see where it hit. After he saw the hit he moved 10-15 feet to the side of the target and yelled at me to take another shot. I looked at him like he was crazy and yelled “hell no”. My Grandfather laughed and yelled back, “Kid if you only knew my life at you age.” I was in my early 20’s then. I lost my grandfather to cancer 6 years ago. He was/is my hero.

Charlie really is one of a kind! Great video with a great cast, Garand Thumb never disappoints!

I just got an ACOG. Best optic I've ever used. I like the tight eye relief, as it's very easy to tell when you are locked in just right.

I can answer from experience and I know many will relate: it’s the most horrifyingly exciting sensation you can ever feel. ☠️

I've been a Range Control Officer (RCO) at several military bombing ranges. You are always in a fortified, fully enclosed room with ballistic glass on all 4 sides at the top of a tower while directing and monitoring aircraft and providing their bombing scores. Though you are 3000+ feet from the target, the sound and pressure wave from a MK-82 (500 pounder) or MK-84 (2000 pounder) will rattle the tower, as will the 20mm (F-4, F-16 Vulcan Cannon at 100 rounds per second) or 30mm (A-10 GAU-8 at 30rps) gunbursts, which have to be heard to be believed! I would often step outside the fortified room on to the walkway with my headset in hand to take it all in, and while the noise is very impressive, you haven't really lived until you've actually seen the pressure wave front from a 500 or 2000 pound blast coming straight at you and gasped as it passes through your body like a ghost... Gotta love bombs and bullets! Miss those days! Cheers!

7:26 that hand sniff... Charlie is too perfect.

I still remember the first time a 7.62 went by my face in Fallujah. Didn’t register till I sat down. Woooo what a rush!!! Thanks for bringing these sounds back to me! ♥️