Real or not, you decide.

[AFA1CY]

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The Wild Life: Never shoot at a target on a steel pole

 

[RogerB]

seen a few videos like that....still makes me say "DAAAAMMNN"

 

[AFA1CY]

I was shooting .38 SPL at a friend's farm once. He had a brush/trash pile he used for a back stop. Every so often I would hear something sounding like "wheeeee....". Come to find out there was a heavy metal electrical box buried in the brush.

 

[hornadylnl]

It looks like the bullet hits the pole and bounces off the ground about 2/3rds of the way back to the shooter. I don't think it could have much force behind it if it did indeed hit the shooter. I was shooting ap at a steel plate one time and found a steel core a few feet behind and to the left of where I was shooting just laying on the ground. It couldn't have had much force on it to only fly that far and just lay on the ground. I don't know what kind of ammo that guy was using but It most likely would have exploded on impact of the pole.

 

[Disposable Heart]

Aside from the obvious stupidity of putting a target on a steel pole eventually damaging the steel pole, if the bullet DOES richochet and doesnt hit the shooter, it is going somewhere. It the bullet GLANCES the pole and doesnt disentegrate, you now have an issue with a round going stray and probably ending up in a person's home, causing a crapstorm of protest against shooting.

The tannerite explosion then this stuff really makes me want to reiterate: If you do something stupid and tape it (even if you dont), SOMEONE will call you out on it. That call out could be a "hey stupid" to a bill before congress threatening our lifestyle.

I see ALOT of new faces at ranges and gunstores due to Obama's presidency. I also see alot of the same stupidity and urban legends popping up online and in the stores/ranges everywhere where people that have barely handled a gun in their life are now becoming "experts". Those who are in the know really need to step up and help out new shooters or those "misinformed". We cant depend on the gunshop owners or range officers (though the guys at Eagle Creek are a HUGE help to new shooters) to do this anymore. If you see something or hear something that will get someone either killed/hurt/maimed/close called, tell them that is a bad idea. Instead of separating the "leet" from the "noobs", sit down with them and tell them why that is not a good idea. Too many of the "old timers" are getting fed up with new guys coming up with stupid stuff, but there is only misinformation and lack of proper instruction to blame.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Saw that video the other day... I think it was on TV, actually. One of those "video" shows or whatnot. Said that this guy's Canadian (not that it matters).

It did indeed leave a nice gash upon his noggin!

Know your target and what lays beyond!

 

[Joe Williams]

Watching the slow-mo and seeing the dirt kicking up from the bullet as it bounces back, I'd have to say "real." I've seen it before, when I had a .22 ricochet back at me kicking up dust just like that, before the bullet came to a stop between my legs where I was sitting. About 3" from the happy place

That's how a 17 y/o Joe learned not to be an idiot about what he shot at!

 

[JByer323]

I've seen videos like this before, one of a guy shooting a Barrett that gets his muffs knocked off.

I'm not sure what goes through your head when you decide to do something like that. I realize not all people may understand safe gun handling practices, but what happened to plain old common sense?

 

[DRob]

Common sense.........

.......................................... but what happened to plain old common sense?

Great and often-asked question! Sadly, the answer is that common sense isn't all that common any more.

It doesn't take a steel plate or pole to get fragments back at the firing line. A backstop with a lot of embedded bullets can do the same thing at short ranges.

 

[Dogman]

Done with mirrors.

 

[NateIU10]

IDK if it's real (looks so to me) but man, that made the top of my head hurt...

 

[CulpeperMM]

these things sort themselves out over time.

 

[smitty12b]

Aww man..I thought real or not was going to be something else

 

[Chefcook]

In the words of my good buddies Adam and Jamie I have to say... Plausible..

 

[45calibre]

yes definately

YouTube - Guy hit in head with .50 caliber ricochet

 

[WHITE_WOLFE]

I have had a .22 lr came back to me when I was shooting at a tree branch. Hit me in the shoulder, hurt like hell and was very hot.

 

[cosermann]

Always wear eye protection (and a cap with a visor).

 

[indyjoe]

"We're not doin' that any more."

Ya, think?

Amazing that it cam almost perfectly back though. Must have had the plate almost exactly perpendicular.

 

[NWI40cal]

I concur! Nice little ping and whistle on the return trip...

 

[scububbs]

Yah, I kind of liked that whistle too.