Boom Headshot - .50 style
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bartsimpson123844
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WOW! He is extremely luck that the bullet didn't hit his temple or anywhere else on his head or that could have been fatal.
MaterDei
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Wow!!!!!!
Evil Monkey
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Unbelievable.....
What if it hit his eye? Holy crap, man.....
No steel targets for me. A *ping* is not worth a *splat*.
What if it hit his eye? Holy crap, man.....
No steel targets for me. A *ping* is not worth a *splat*.
Ditchtiger
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I've been on the incoming end of a ricochet a few times. It is a very distinctive sound, the first time is no big deal ,after that it's scary since you now now what is coming in, and fast!
"Head shot Willie"
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Ya!!!And all of that. It was over just as fast as it started. Bang....Bing....Sing....Clunk!! The foot per second could have a very good gues made. But how about the Sing....It had to be spinning. Look at the clip frame by frame. The first impact takes the muffs away from my head. Made me fill like the fish in the blender. Among many other. Lucky....verry verry lucky.
Makes we want to wear a helmet now everytime I go shoot!! WOW. That kind of makes you think back to the young, dumb and full of well you know those days. I remember in my younger years shooting anything I thought would be cool to shoot at out at our ranch. I've been lucky.
kcmarine
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Dude, a helmet ain't stoppin' one of those...
bartsimpson123844
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Actually, I think a decent Kevlar helmet would....wouldn't it? I mean, the bullet obviously slows down significantly, and I am assuming it has lost some mass, so...
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I've witnessed someone hit by a ricochet .50 BMG round before, and in that instance the target was an aluminum engine block. The return trajectory was approximately 45 degrees, and about 60-75 yards back. Impact was on the leg, with denim jeans worn. The slug did not penetrate the material, and I don't believe there was any injury other than bruising. The recovered projectile (fell to the ground) was quite hot to the touch, and looked to have held together rather well (maybe 500-600 grains), despite the large flattening and bending of the tip.
All I can say about ballistics, is that absolutely anything concievable will sooner or later occur, if you fire enough rounds downrange.
All I can say about ballistics, is that absolutely anything concievable will sooner or later occur, if you fire enough rounds downrange.
I bet! Well Willie, at least you get to enjoy some internet fame for your troubles
! Seriously though, I am glad you're okay! I showed my dad that clip earlier, he wanted me to email it to him at the Marshal's Office! I'm sorry, but that clip is just too crazy for me to keep to myself. What type ammo were you shooting? Just plain ball? Again, glad you're okay. That could've been a heck of alot worse.Jason
10 Ring Tao
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If I had to guess, that noise is the round spinning like the devil pissed it off, as it comes back toward the shooter. Then, it gets launched at the shooter when it hits the ground because of that spinning.
Kind of like tossing a rubber ball into the air while imparting a spin to the left, then when it hits the ground, it bounces left.
Did you find the slug? Thats something I'd mount over my mantle, never to be forgotten. I'd love to see a picture of it.
Kind of like tossing a rubber ball into the air while imparting a spin to the left, then when it hits the ground, it bounces left.
Did you find the slug? Thats something I'd mount over my mantle, never to be forgotten. I'd love to see a picture of it.
warriorsociologist
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WOW. Just WOW.
"Head shot Willie"
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The ammo was just ball ammo. And we couldn't find the slug. The area behind us was grass land and sage. But we did look. No luck. I saved the empty shell to put on my shelf in the gun room. But it would be cool to see what the steel core of the ball round looked like.
TimboKhan
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Holy Balls. I have had some splashback hit me before, but nothing like that. I am glad your buddy is OK, and just think: He can now say he was shot in the head with a .50BMG round and lived to tell the tale!
marksman13
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kcmarine, Duuuuuhhhhh...his head stopped it. Ii have no doubts that a kevlar helmet would do at least as good of a job as a human skull.
Glad you are alright Willie. Guess I am the only one here who thinks you sound an awful lot like Bill Engvall.
As a side note, we had a stray .50 round come over the FOB one night and I swear the whole place was ducking and dodging and looking for a bunker to get away from the incoming "rockets".
Glad you are alright Willie. Guess I am the only one here who thinks you sound an awful lot like Bill Engvall.
As a side note, we had a stray .50 round come over the FOB one night and I swear the whole place was ducking and dodging and looking for a bunker to get away from the incoming "rockets".
nobody_special
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I'd bet money that the rate of spin was equal to the pitch of the sound the bullet made...
Glockfan.45
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I have taken fragments of .45 ball before, but nothing like that. Wow man.......just wow.
Double Naught Spy
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No, that is one example of what a ricocheted .50 sounds like coming at you.
This is the sound that I have heard most often from a .50 ricochet and it isn't very often. We had a tracer round come back the 300 yards we were shooting and pass us off to the side, 30-40 feet in the air or so, so we could see it. They can travel a long ways.
The sound the target makes is a product of it being able to reverberate after being struck. Targets on the ground, against another object, etc. will have the ping dampened such that all you get is a thud.
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