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 07-02-2007, 11:31 PM | #1 | Supporting Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 607 |  Wow this guy is lucky to be alive!
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| 07-03-2007, 02:51 PM | #2 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Athens Posts: 364 | Whoa, Nellie!
Those hearing protectors are TOAST. You are right, he is lucky it didn't kill him!
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| 07-03-2007, 07:07 PM | #3 | Moderator Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 5,558 |
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| 07-03-2007, 08:58 PM | #4 | Supporting Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 607 |
Whats the point in having a .50 cal and shooting it at such a relativly close range anways? I mean come on if you have a gun capable of such long range back it up! Also at the end I heard them say it was an iron target, is iron prone to ricochets? __________________
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| 07-03-2007, 11:45 PM | #5 | Administrator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hill Country, Texas Posts: 3,653 |
All the iron targets I've shot at I would think a .50 would penetrate. __________________ Not Registered? Register now! - It's free and helps the community grow. | Likes Given: 1
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| 07-06-2007, 02:30 AM | #6 | Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 4 |
Do you realize how perfect everything had to be for that to happen?
Type of metal, angle of plate to rifle. type of load he was using, ect,ect.
The 50 BMG. military load will penitrate over 2" of "armor" plate. | |
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| 07-06-2007, 02:56 AM | #7 | Supporting Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 607 |
The relative angle between the target and bullet would seem to play the biggest factor. Despite the fact that the .50 BMG round is a large projectile with a lot of velocity if it hits at the wrong angle it will deflect. __________________
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| 07-08-2007, 04:06 AM | #8 | Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 50 |
Quote:
Originally Posted by BLS33
The relative angle between the target and bullet would seem to play the biggest factor. Despite the fact that the .50 BMG round is a large projectile with a lot of velocity if it hits at the wrong angle it will deflect.
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Deflect yes, but NOT come straight back! The angle of the target appears to be 90 degrees to the shooter, if it is that little black square that lines up with the ricochet bullet trail in the dirt. __________________
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