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.50-caliber ricochets

 
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DarthReed



Joined: 11 Jul 2007
Posts: 28
Location: Redmond, Washington
PostPosted: Sun Jul 22,    Post subject: .50-caliber ricochets Reply with quote
A friend of mine sent me a link to a video on Military.com.

Angle of Incidence = Angle of Ricochet?

Shocked

A good reminder about knowing what's downrange and knowing how your rounds will interact with it.
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specrat



Joined: 29 Jun 2007
Posts: 201
Location: the shop
PostPosted: Mon Jul 23,    Post subject: .50 caliber ricochet... Reply with quote
Ok, I had to watch this one 3 times to get the full effect. My reactions were:

1) [Zing! Whap!] - Cecil: "oh my gaawwwddd"

2) [Zing! Whap!] - Cecil: laughing his ass off

3) [Zing! Whap!] - Cecil: still laughing his ass off about to pee himself, calling Tammy into the War Room to watch this a 4th and 5th time


David, did you hear the twang of the round hitting the steel target he was shooting at before it bounced back? Brilliant! But I love the guy at the end best, "nope! no more iron!"
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DarthReed



Joined: 11 Jul 2007
Posts: 28
Location: Redmond, Washington
PostPosted: Mon Jul 23,    Post subject: Reply with quote
I didn't hear the iron. I thought it just ricocheted off a rock...

Yeah, I loved the accents.

"That's the last one of those."

"Wheear not doin' that no more."

Hello, McFly!! Whose bright idea was it to shoot downrange into some igneous rocks with a .50? Doh!

That was one very, very lucky shooter.
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robert
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Joined: 29 Jun 2007
Posts: 50
Location: Houston
PostPosted: Mon Jul 23,    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wow that Guy is lucky....one should not shoot steel with a .50!
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Semper_Fi



Joined: 08 Jul 2007
Posts: 397
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
PostPosted: Sun Jul 29,    Post subject: Target and target frame fabrication Reply with quote
This video illustrates why metal targets and metal target frames should be fabricated in a manner that directs projectiles downward upon target impact.

We fabricate steel targets and frames with a 'forward leaning' 20 degree offset so you still hear a healthy ding at long distances while greatly reducing the odds of ricochet injuries. Couple a target offset of 20 degrees with a projectile's trajectory offset of 5 degrees and the projectile-to-target 'angle of attack' is 25 degrees.

.50 caliber BMG (Browning Machine Gun) projectiles range from 500 to 950 grains in weight so this shooter was indeed fortunate.
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Tundra



Joined: 25 Aug 2008
Posts: 3
PostPosted: Mon Aug 25,    Post subject: Reply with quote
What are the odds of that???? I mean...WoW. Not even a direct ricochet, it hit the ground before bouncing back to hit the shooter. Bad karma indeed...
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