ricochet

[Ron 73]

"WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THIS HAPPENING??

Turn your sound up..........so you can hear the bullet head back.

This guy is shooting a 50 cal rifle. Watch the dust when he fires.
The target is a steel plate,1000 yards (.57 miles, 10 foot ball fields)
away.

You can hear the ping of the hit and then hear the bullet
coming back. It hits the ground just in front of him, then bounces up,
hits the earmuffs, knocking them from his head. The footage is amazing.

If you haven't heard a ricochet before, you can hear the bullet as it
tumbles through the air on its course back toward the shooter.

Consider the probability of the bullet hitting the ground in exactly
the right place
to bounce up at the correct angle to hit his ear protection.

Fortunately the tumble, or the angle of the plate he was shooting at
changed the return course of the bullet by 6 inches "left" over half a
mile's worth of travel distance (right eye dominant sighting - left
ear-cup impact).
Was almost a "return one-hop head shot" instead of an earphone shot."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ABGIJwiGBc

 

[MarPar]

(almost) Clean Off...

holy crap!!! he almost got his head taken off!

that guy should go play the lottery!

the ricochet sounded like a bomb dropping!

 

[Ron 73]

You never know, so ill just say, if true, bet he never forgets this shot!

 

[MarPar]

You never know, so ill just say, if true, bet he never forgets this shot!

very true, in this day and age you have to be very perceptive about vids like that...but me thinks it was probably real. although they didnt show his face and or any wounds.