Thread: Richochet!!

Originally Posted by Tussock

By the time you get out to "long range" the projectile is coming down at quite a high angle. Less likely to glance off. Seems odd that a projectile would bounce off the ground intact and then still have enough ooomph to penetrate a sheet of ply.

Im with Bob on this one. You sure those pills were stabilized?

Yep happens a lot.

Check out some of the vids of guys shooting LR/ELR on You Tube up in the deserts, pretty flat, splashes all over the show with some bouncing up into the steel.

I did it years ago in the evening with the 416 Barrett, didn't allow enough elevation at 750, the bullets landed in front of the 16mm Melamine target they dug a big furrow & smashed sideways into the Melamine smashing it but bouncing off.

I finished shooting the five rounds, packed up, drove to the target & thought WTF, then saw a projectile in one of the furrows so picked it up, it was still warm after 10-12 mins, a 400 grain heatsink

If the bullets weren't stable it seems strange that they would be accurate enough to be near the target at a decent range