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I did not expect such a good ending when I saw the ricochet... Truly scary... Casts my own shooting at railroad tie plates, in a very different light...

WoW! Scary, but very remarkable. That had to be a double ricochet, against 2 surfaces 90 degrees to each other, to get the straight-back effect. Also very remarkable that after hitting twice it still had the energy to get all the way back & do some damage!

Those guys need to rethink their target setup.

Bob

Not only that, but the intersection of the planes of the 2 surfaces had to be perpendicular to the line of flight of the bullet. Takes a careful setup to make it happen! Bob

Amazing video. I have some of the military WW II 50 BMG shells I have found on various dry lakes in Nevada. A few have hit solid objects, allowing the armor piercing core to be seen with the copper jacket peeled away. Nasty, nasty, nasty.

I also saw another 50 cal. video where a rather rotund man is at a firing range shooting a 50 cal. S&W handgun. He shoots it with a bent elbow, and the thing flies right back in his face and disappears behind him. The video is grainy, and not really sharp, but I believe the blood is already pouring.

Both are lucky to be alive.

Steve

I have one of the S&W 500, 50 cal pistols. With a heavy bullet and powder load, it is not plesant to shoot. Almost painful. My neighbor reloads for me. We use a 275 grain bullet and a rather light powder load (I cannot recall the grains). That makes it much more enjoyable to shoot.

Bob