Target Shooting Mishap...No Joke

Swamp Puppy · 07-01-2007, 11:51 AM

for those of you who shoot in rockpits or other hard backdropped areas....something to consider.

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

toas243 · 07-01-2007, 02:13 PM

Some guy`s just don`t need to shoot ,BTW I`am glad he did not get injured

,know you back stop and what your shooting with

raptorschild · 07-01-2007, 03:23 PM

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Originally Posted by toas243

Some guy`s just don`t need to shoot ,BTW I`am glad he did not get injured

,know you back stop and what your shooting with

Kinda harsh to say that guy shouldnt shoot. If i had a penny for every shot taken with an imperfect back stop i'd be a BILLIONAIRE!

It looked like the bullet came straight back from quite a distance. The odds of that are about 1 in a million. Dude should probably buy a lotto ticket.

I'd say that was just bad luck. Its tough to tell from the video, but it looks like his back drop is ok. Not great, but not unacceptable.

toas243 · 07-01-2007, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by raptorschild

Kinda harsh to say that guy shouldnt shoot. If i had a penny for every shot taken with an imperfect back stop i'd be a BILLIONAIRE!

It looked like the bullet came straight back from quite a distance. The odds of that are about 1 in a million. Dude should probably buy a lotto ticket.

I'd say that was just bad luck. Its tough to tell from the video, but it looks like his back drop is ok. Not great, but not unacceptable.

Well you took it to harsh the idea of shooting a bazooka in a pit like that is kinda dumb at a steel target that close ,still glad they did not get hurt .and it was just my

,sorry it offended you

steelhead22 · 07-01-2007, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by raptorschild

I'd say that was just bad luck. Its tough to tell from the video, but it looks like his back drop is ok. Not great, but not unacceptable.

Listen to the end of the video:

"No more IRON."

Back drop might have been fine I guess, so you're right on there. The target on the other hand....

Swamp Puppy · 07-01-2007, 05:14 PM

*sigh*

i should have know the finger pointing was going to happen. lol.

stick flicker · 07-01-2007, 06:55 PM

Holy smokes!!

PGJPJ · 07-01-2007, 09:00 PM

Zoinks!!!

scubaseth · 07-01-2007, 09:04 PM

Scuba

Mad Mikey · 07-01-2007, 09:47 PM

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Am I bleedin' ???

I probably would have asked the same thing! :shocked:

Yeah, that's a one in a million shot. Good thing the bullet lost most of it's velocity on the come back.

Wow.

ehunter · 07-02-2007, 06:54 AM

wow!! I have wondered about that ouch:blush:

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Originally Posted by Mad Mikey

I probably would have asked the same thing! :shocked:

Yeah, that's a one in a million shot. Good thing the bullet lost most of it's velocity on the come back.

Wow.

leadeyedbugger · 07-02-2007, 07:17 AM

wow,...am i mistaken or did it hit the ground about 15ft in front of the guy on the way back and bounce up????

red willie · 07-02-2007, 09:06 AM

your not mistaken, it hit in front first,, man!!, that guy is sooooo lucky,,

rw

raptorschild · 07-02-2007, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by toas243

Well you took it to harsh the idea of shooting a bazooka in a pit like that is kinda dumb at a steel target that close ,still glad they did not get hurt .and it was just my

,sorry it offended you

Your not going to offend me. I didnt shoot the gun....but its real easy for someone like you to sit back and look at a freak accident and say "jeeze what a dip $&!t"

Hind sight is 20-20. And i'd be willing to bet these guys arent brand new to shooting. Not to many newbies shoot .50 cals. Not a cheap toy.

not only that, but i can't fault them for trying to shoot through plate metal. Thats what you do with a .50.

You don't go out and shoot pop cans.

BrianMaguire · 07-02-2007, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by leadeyedbugger

wow,...am i mistaken or did it hit the ground about 15ft in front of the guy on the way back and bounce up????

Yeh it hit the ground in front then hit him, it was moving pretty fast still. What a freak accident, he is lucky it did not hit an eye. It also seems to have just hit the side of his head, what if it hit him in the forehead?

RoscoeP · 07-02-2007, 04:02 PM

One lucky guy there. No finger pointing here. Probably not the smartest choice but I think most of us would agree that no one is perfect in there choices all the time, and hopefully learned from our mistakes.

Swamp Puppy · 07-02-2007, 05:22 PM

on a "cooler" note...did you guys notice the dust from the muzzle blast/concussion kick up around the shooting table when he fired? pretty awesome.

i've had .22LR rounds come back at me before. i was shooting an old 55gal drum in a rock pit and kept hearing something like bees buzzing around me after every shot. finally figured out it was the bullets coming back past my head. of course...i figured that out after about 10-12 rounds. lucky i didn't catch one of those in the noggin.....

adobe wall · 07-02-2007, 10:43 PM

sometimes it's hard to differentiate between an acceptable target material and one that is not. I spent a weekend cutting silhouette plates, then shot neat holes through them with my 7mm Mag. Never would have imagined that.

The next target (the same day) was some bulls eye targets stapled to 5/8" plywood, set up on a stand 25 yards downrange. I had a new .380 pistol and wanted to try some of the Winchester hollowpoint ammo out.

Every single bullet fired came right back- I rattled off the clip pretty fast and had spent bullets coming by me and one hit me. Nothing painful about it but yeah, I felt dumb. I also kinda had to re-evaluate the effectiveness of the .380 round, but since I haven't seen any ******** running around wearing a plywood shirt I still feel sorta okay about it.

regards, aw

toas243 · 07-02-2007, 10:52 PM

You need to know your back up or target ,I have been nail by a rebound .38 spl shot an old propane bottle and the bullit bounced back and wacked me in the ribs ,like I said you gotta be careful

07-03-2007, 11:22 AM

Talk about getting your bell rung...