Took a bullet to the head yesterday..

[Armed-N-Ready]

NOW HOLD ON THERE ......

You mean to tell me that shooting can be dangerous?

 

[Don]

7.62x54r vs 3/4" mild steel. It would smear .44mag and .357mag like it was nothing so we decided to try a mosin. It bored a hole clean thru it but by the time I see the hole I seen the bullet coming back in the air. It smacked me dead in the forehead, I bleed like nuts for maybe 10 minutes.

ETA: I did not fire the shot and I was 50 feet behind the shooter.

 

[ATM]

It seems that ricochets from shooting mild steel and others not designed or suited for target use are what cause many clubs to ban the use of any steel targets.

It is hard to convince them that proper steel hung properly is not just an accident waiting to happen.

Please consider how uninformed much of the shooting community is on this subject, let alone the general population, and strive to promote the use of only quality target steel products.

 

[kazaam]

Damn that's freaky. I know very little about guns, so here goes nothing: how frequently does this happen? How dangerous is it exactly? It's only a problem with steel that doesn't meet certain requirements or something?

 

[Spikedog]

Don't feel bad, I took a .22 to the chest the same way a few years ago. Stung like a mother!

 

[HighStrung]

Damn that's freaky. I know very little about guns, so here goes nothing: how frequently does this happen? How dangerous is it exactly? It's only a problem with steel that doesn't meet certain requirements or something?

No one can say its something that doesn't happen, but its not like we are out dodging rounds coming back at us regularly. Yes its a danger that come with the atmosphere, but with a proper set up it happens to me around once every 4-5000 rounds (and most of these don't hit people in the head, his message was for reminder to everyone that it simply can happen.

 

[turnerdye1]

I wonder what kind of velocity this round was going at coming back at me. My reloads are right around 1100fps.

 

[indyjoe]

I wonder what kind of velocity this round was going at coming back at me. My reloads are right around 1100fps.

We're gonna need a bigger chrono...

 

[kazaam]

No one can say its something that doesn't happen, but its not like we are out dodging rounds coming back at us regularly. Yes its a danger that come with the atmosphere, but with a proper set up it happens to me around once every 4-5000 rounds (and most of these don't hit people in the head, his message was for reminder to everyone that it simply can happen.

Guess its pretty rare, but that's pretty damn scary lol. Is it just when one shoots at metal targets (do those 4000-5000 rounds include non-metal surfaces if metal is the only thing that causes this?) that aren't optimal for shooting? Id also like to echo others' sentiments that i'm glad youre ok haha.

 

[dwickstrom]

Wow glad your ok saw a video on youtube of a guy getting his hat knockedoff by a ricochet. Safe shooting from now on.

 

[dmfisher71]

wow...lucky

 

[Mosinowner]

Thats why steel rounds aren't allowed at our range

 

[PeaShooter]

It is hard to convince them that proper steel hung properly is not just an accident waiting to happen.

I can see bobcat's new marketing campaign now...."Our steel is well hung!"

 

[mrortega]

Try this on for a ricochet. I saw it a couple years ago.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ABGIJwiGBc[/ame]

 

[kazaam]

Holy crap! What the hell was he shooting at?

 

[mrortega]

Holy crap! What the hell was he shooting at?

It's hard to tell but it sure didn't fall back when the round hit it.

 

[turnerdye1]

Holy crap! What the hell was he shooting at?

From what I've read before I think he was shooting at a man hole cover but i cant remember

 

[hoosierdoc]

What do you guys think about standing off center six inches or more? Still a straight line to your target, but would the angle help stop these?

 

[indyjoe]

What do you guys think about standing off center six inches or more? Still a straight line to your target, but would the angle help stop these?

6" difference is going to be smaller than the inaccuracy with setting up a target perpendicular.

Safer would be to setup crappy steel to be angled when shot, as long as the ricochet is going in a safe place. If you can suspend it so the bullet gets directed to the ground, that would probably be best.

Better yet, use steel like AS500 that converts the bullets into a circle of bullet shards, with no real mass to return to you.

 

[kazaam]

I think i may never shoot at metal again, lol.