Thread: it can happen to anyone! Please be safe

.22 is one of the worst for ricochet danger, I have had them come straight back past us when shooting chicken falling targets with target (hard lead) ammo. I don't think a lot of shooters are really aware of how careful you have to be and to be fair, the firearms safety handbook only talks about the cone of fire in front of the muzzle. The other one that is a bit surprising is air rifles, I was having fun with a co2 air pistol at 15m catching the pellets in my shirt pocket shooting the target stapled to the end of a 100x100 H4 fence post offcut. Could easily see them bouncing back at me, and I got about 14 out of 20 in my pocket!