If I shoot myself and miss the brain stem, will I feel the pain immediately?

[win32]

Or will the shock delay it? If so, for how long - seconds or minutes? Bonus points for scientific explanations rather than anecdotes and speculation.

I'm hoping that, should I miss, shock will prevent me from feeling severe pain during my last few minutes while a backup method (haven't decided it yet) does the work of finishing me off.

 

[win32]

Does nobody know the answer?

 

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There are so many variables. Because even millimeter difference can change the outcome. Depends on caliber and so much other stuff it'd be hard to say.

 

[Viceroy]

Try it with a shotgun if you can. I think that would be pretty immediate. If I lived in the USA that would be my method after N