[BITList] Rifle Range Mishap - read before watching clip

[Malcolm]

Read before watching clip

 

 

 

Must have been a Guardian angel on his (right) shoulder....

WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF THIS HAPPENING??

This guy is shooting a .50 cal rifle. Watch the dust when he fires.
The target is a steel plate,1000 yards (.57 miles, 10 football fields)
away.

You can hear the ping of the hit and then hear the bullet
coming back. It hits the ground just in front of him, then bounces up,
hits the earmuffs, knocking them from his head. The footage is amazing.

Turn your sound up... so you can hear the bullet head back.

If you haven't heard a ricochet before, you can hear the bullet as it
tumbles through the air on its course back toward the shooter.

Consider the probability of the bullet hitting the ground in exactly
the right place to bounce up at the correct angle to hit his ear protection.

Fortunately the tumble, or the angle of the plate he was shooting at
changed the return course of the bullet by 6 inches "left" over half a
mile's worth of travel distance (right eye dominant sighting - left
ear-cup impact). 

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