Guy catches .50 BMG ricochet to the head: Video Inside
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wow, never would have thought that.
"you'll shoot your eye out" as it was originally intended.
wow, never would have thought that.
"you'll shoot your eye out" as it was originally intended.
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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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Remember, that is a ricochet... you can hear the whine as it tumbles through the air, much more slowly than it went down range.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.
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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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.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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When you take the time out of your day to beat someone, it has a much longer lasting effect on their demeanor than simply shooting or tazing them.
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