if OP didnt convienently forget any evidence that may not show him in a good light, it doesnt seem consistent.
Yes. Me too. He can remember the shining hero parts impeccably.
My own experience with a traumatic event - there are loads of parts I don't remember. The parts I do are the parts that make me cringe to look back. My daughter was gravely ill - hovered over by a crash team levels of ill, and I was cracking jokes. I remember what I said that was totally dim, but little else. I know we were in the treatment room for a long time, I couldn't tell you how long, but we're talking hours both times, and about 6-8 hours between. I can fill maybe 5-10 minutes of that time with inappropriate jokes. The rest of the time, I have no clue what I was doing.
I remember having DD on my lap, and I remember the cannula site bled onto my lap - but I don't actually think I remember this. I saw the blood spot later, so that memory happened.
There was one key point, between her first and second spirals down, when her legs turned purple. Now, in my mind, I saw they were purple, tested them for blanching and called the nurse.
However, I know I could not have tested for blanching until after the second crash, because that's when the doctor showed me how to do it.
Similarly, I remember moving the blanket and seeing her legs, and I remember going to find a nurse (not pressing the button). In my head, this was an immediate, panic reaction.
I have a simultaneous memory, though, where the panic was rolling and slow and I discussed her legs with my husband. He uncrossed them to allow the blood to circulate more freely.
If under oath, I could not tell you whether that conversation, me waiting, wavering, hoping that DH was right and so forth took a minute, five minutes, ten minutes - it wasn't more than ten, but I have a possibly erroneous memory that it was immediate.
I know that everyone reacts differently - I'm just explaining it from my perspective, and why I struggle with the certainty he gives before, during and immediately after the shooting. I understand about crystallising memories, but he seems to have been quite lucky about the exact memories which were absolutely, unshakable.