Hit by a ricochet

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That's why lead bullets are encouraged when shooting steel targets.
At the indoor range I frequent, I've been tagged a few times; drew a little blood, too. I was amused once when an apparently new shooter got all upset when he got hit by a ricochet--a 25-yd indoor range; that's why you wear the protection. BTW, I've been hit at an outdoor range as well.
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Sometimes it can hurt, tho. A classic vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ABGIJwiGBc
 
Our range requires hearing and eye protection before you can go anywhere near the shooting area. Whether you are watching or shooting, or cleaning up. Probably a real good plan.

I am surprised by that 50 cal vid. I guess I should not be but man, that thing came back a long way and still had some serious zip on it. Like to see a video of him about an hour later. Drinking a beer and shaking...I man 2 inches to the side, he would have been in some serious trouble.
 
The last time I went shooting with my brother at a gravel pit he was real cavalier when I admonished him for not wearing ear and eye protection. I forwarded this thread to him; I'd hate to see him end up missing an eye!
 
Hopefully he'll get it. One of my 'dings' was high on my cheek; what was only a drop or two of blood there would likely mean the loss of an eye, it it hit there!
 
dkyser said:
Here is the 50 cal video, I laugh every time I watch it only because I know he did not get seriously hurt. The way they talk about not doing it again just kills me.

50 Cal Ricochet
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I laugh everytime the guy says, "Oh, Willy!"

That really is amazing that guy survived that - what are the odds it would travel in that exact path? How crazy.
 
I had an 8mm mil surp bounce off my shooting table about 1 foot from the muzzle. I was shooting at a 8" mild steel disc at 100 meters. When it happened, it was so fast, I thought that it was a piece of the gun that flew off with the shot. I found it about 10' from the table. It looked like a deformed 45 slug, but was steel.
 
I have been hit twice by ricochets, I took a .40 in the left knee that hurt like hell and I took a 9mm in my right calf that bounced off and it look like the bullet was in pain...ok the 9mm hurt just a bad as the .40:)
 
A buddy of mine was shooting his PSL at 600 yards steel plate and the bullet came back and nailed him in the hip.
I took him to the hospital and he had to have plates put in his pelvis and a replacement
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How much energy does a 7.62x54r retain after 1200 (600 there + 600 back) yards of flight minus whatever energy was expended into the target in the process of ricocheting?
 
Bullet do weird things sometimes... I had a .45 just bounce off a telephone pole (wood) and land 2ft in front of me (completely reloadable).
 
W L Johnson said:
How much energy does a 7.62x54r retain after 1200 (600 there + 600 back) yards of flight minus whatever energy was expended into the target in the process of ricocheting?

Anybody got the math on this?
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The math is easy if you knew the amount of energy dissipated into the target. (since the energy expended is directly related to the amount of residual energy) ;)
 
i get hit 2-4 times a year from ricochets and thats why i wear Iprotect(actually bin hit in the eye but that was a airpellet gun ricochet. just saw it in time to close my eyes).
funny thing was that 3 weeks ago i was shooting my .357 snub and wanted to try a penetration test. so i shot threw 2 old 4x4 went nicely threw hit a plank and came flying and hit me in the legg. the bullet was almost in perfect condition. just a small bump in the rear of the bullet :p

the worst ricochet ive seen so far was last summer we were shooting steel target at about 15 yards just wearing tshirt (since it was a hot summer night) well the guy next to me got hit in the chest right above the heart. the jacket penetrated the tshirt and the skin and "pretty" deep in(3-5mm). we all had a retarded laugh and continued shooting.
 
You people talk about ricochets like they occasionally happen.
This is exactly why I want to move somewhere where I can either:
1) shoot at a club, with an outdoor range.
2) get my own land to shoot on.

I live in a city, and only 2 ranges, both indoor, are within an hour of me, and both are ricochet dungeons.
I get hit by a ricochet no less than once every 10 minutes. It's ridiculous.
 
I was hit it the gut with a 44 mag 240g swc loaded light that bounced off a steel target (15 yards). It left a red mark the size of a quarter and stung a little but that's it. It was a little scary but I was wearing safety glasses!

10 inches lower and it would have been a very bad day!
 
I ran the plate event at monthly Action Pistol matches...been hit so many times I lost count. Normally a ricochet off steel is caused by the bullet hitting a divot or pock mark. Quite often with jacketed bullets the jacket comes back turned inside out. All part of shooting sports.

BTW...don't shoot bowling pins with birdshot...you will be eating pellets.
 
10 inches lower and it would have been a very bad day!
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That could have greatly reduced your chances of having offspring to carry on your family lineage. In fact, your face might still be looking like this::what: This is why you always wear your (ahem) "male athletic support" to the range. Just kidding....:neener: FWIW, I've never been hit by a ricochet, but I live in the country and try to stick to non-steel targets.
 
I've been hit by stuff at the range. Dont' know if it was riccochets but certainly I'll get something in the arm every now and then. Might be a piece of a jacket or shaving or something though.

Worst hit I ever took at the range was actually from a scope. I grew up hunting but didn't target shoot much - when shooting offhanded you pretty much have to brace the gun well. After I became an adult and was shooting more I took out my .30-06 with a fairly low eye-relief scope. Sitting on a bench I didn't brace it as well as I should and . . . yeah, I got that tell tale circular bruise right around the eye. Luckily, there was no actual blood, though I have heard of people getting fairly nasty cuts that way.
 
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