For all you budding snipers out there
03 November 2011, 12:56 PM
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For all you budding snipers out there
Turn your sound up..........so you can hear.
This guy is shooting a 50 cal rifle.
The target is a steel plate, 1000 yards (.57 miles, 10 foot
ball 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.
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.
For those of you that wish to, consider the probability the
bullet hitting the ground in exactly the right place to bounce up at
the correct trajectory angle to hit his ear protection, not over, or
under them.
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).
Otherwise it would have been a return ‘one head–shot’,
instead of an earphone shot.
The message here is DONT F**K ABOUT WITH A 50 Cal
(click on the pic)
This guy is shooting a 50 cal rifle.
The target is a steel plate, 1000 yards (.57 miles, 10 foot
ball 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.
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.
For those of you that wish to, consider the probability the
bullet hitting the ground in exactly the right place to bounce up at
the correct trajectory angle to hit his ear protection, not over, or
under them.
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).
Otherwise it would have been a return ‘one head–shot’,
instead of an earphone shot.
The message here is DONT F**K ABOUT WITH A 50 Cal
(click on the pic)
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03 November 2011, 01:05 PM
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Seen that before a few times, lucky guy!! They are extremely high powered rifles and ,although most of the kinetic energy was taken out of the round with the ricochet, that still could of done some serious damage!
03 November 2011, 01:20 PM
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Thats the barrett calibre 50. 1 deadly sniper rifle that has been around for years and is often used 2 take out anti personal vehicles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4eajfhB7Ug
Have a look at this video. Either watch it all or watch it from 4:40 just 2 get an idea of how big the bullet really is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4eajfhB7Ug
Have a look at this video. Either watch it all or watch it from 4:40 just 2 get an idea of how big the bullet really is.
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03 November 2011, 02:21 PM
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Turn your sound up..........so you can hear.
This guy is shooting a 50 cal rifle.
The target is a steel plate, 1000 yards (.57 miles, 10 foot
ball 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.
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.
For those of you that wish to, consider the probability the
bullet hitting the ground in exactly the right place to bounce up at
the correct trajectory angle to hit his ear protection, not over, or
under them.
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).
Otherwise it would have been a return ‘one head–shot’,
instead of an earphone shot.
The message here is DONT F**K ABOUT WITH A 50 Cal (click on the pic)
This guy is shooting a 50 cal rifle.
The target is a steel plate, 1000 yards (.57 miles, 10 foot
ball 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.
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.
For those of you that wish to, consider the probability the
bullet hitting the ground in exactly the right place to bounce up at
the correct trajectory angle to hit his ear protection, not over, or
under them.
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).
Otherwise it would have been a return ‘one head–shot’,
instead of an earphone shot.
The message here is DONT F**K ABOUT WITH A 50 Cal
(click on the pic)Not wanting to be an **** but no way was the target 1000yards away the bullet time in flight does not add up the bullet leaves muzzle at 2800fps and that has dropped to 2000fps by 1000yards assuming it releases half its energy it will return at a diminishing 1000fps meaning it would take at least 3 seconds from impact to return plus the 1.4 seconds from shot to target and that clearly is not the case in this clip.
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Not wanting to be an **** but no way was the target 1000yards away the bullet time in flight does not add up the bullet leaves muzzle at 2800fps and that has dropped to 2000fps by 1000yards assuming it releases half its energy it will return at a diminishing 1000fps meaning it would take at least 3 seconds from impact to return plus the 1.4 seconds from shot to target and that clearly is not the case in this clip.
Yeah that's what I said.
04 November 2011, 02:54 AM
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Not wanting to be an **** but no way was the target 1000yards away the bullet time in flight does not add up the bullet leaves muzzle at 2800fps and that has dropped to 2000fps by 1000yards assuming it releases half its energy it will return at a diminishing 1000fps meaning it would take at least 3 seconds from impact to return plus the 1.4 seconds from shot to target and that clearly is not the case in this clip.
Originally Posted by Garth off of Wayne's World
Ok, first I'll access the secret military spy satellite that's in a geo-synchronous orbit that's over the midwest. Then, I'll id the limo by the vanity plate Mr. Bigg and get his approximate position. Then, I'll reposition the transmitter dish in the remote truck to 17.32 degrees east, hit west up over the Atlantic bounce the signal down into the Abors up the Conzact 6 beam it back through to Zack through transmitter number 137 and down to the dish in the back of Mr.Bigg's limo. It's almost too easy
04 November 2011, 02:57 PM
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I was in a range many (many) years ago with the ATC. We were shooting .22's over 25 yards. Sat on a bench at the back waiting our turn and somebody managed to let off a shot that did a ricochet and hit the wall behind us. I think they did this by shooting at the floor first, although not quite sure.
Quite scary.
The whizzing noise - once heard, never forgotton.
Quite scary.
The whizzing noise - once heard, never forgotton.
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