Guy catches .50 BMG ricochet to the head: Video Inside

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Guy catches .50 BMG ricochet to the head: Video Inside

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You would have thought that was a safe distance. :shock:
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Thats insane!!!!!!!
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OMG, that was crazy!

Looks like the ear protection protected his head.
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dihappy wrote:OMG, that was crazy!

Looks like the ear protection protected his head.
Looks like it may have saved his life.

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yumpin yimminy!

wow, never would have thought that.

"you'll shoot your eye out" as it was originally intended.
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that video - definitely 'pucker factor 5'
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He has his right leg cocked out and the inner thigh exposed. That round or shrapnel from its contact with the ground could easily have penetrated his leg and severed his femoral artery. He is very lucky.
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Something just doesn't look right in that video . . . :?:
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Am I the only one that percieves the speed of the bullet at about the speed of a fastball thrown by a decent minor league player.
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Liberty wrote:Am I the only one that percieves the speed of the bullet at about the speed of a fastball thrown by a decent minor league player.
Remember, that is a ricochet... you can hear the whine as it tumbles through the air, much more slowly than it went down range.

And for the record, I don't volunteer to have a minor league pitcher chunk 750 grains of bronze at my head at 90+mph.
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BUT, how did the slug come right back at him????? All the area down range of him slopes away!!!

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JRG wrote:BUT, how did the slug come right back at him????? All the area down range of him slopes away!!!

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Um, it ricochets up? What goes up must come down.

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JRG wrote:BUT, how did the slug come right back at him????? All the area down range of him slopes away!!!

Joe
You can hear the bullet strike a piece of metal in the distance which indicates they were probably shooting a steel gong or other target. Bullets striking steel have been known to rebound and bounce back on an arc along their original trajectory to the point of origin. This is part of the reason USPSA and IDPA specifically require steel targets be set at certain minimum distances from the shooter but even that is no guarantee.
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And, you can hear them say, "No more iron", meaning "no more steel targets!"
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