chris in va
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Probably a 10mm shot from 20 miles away.
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Mike Irwin
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"Probably a 10mm shot from 20 miles away."
Virtually point blank range for the mighty 10mm...
Virtually point blank range for the mighty 10mm...
Shadi Khalil
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Unless it's a repeat occurrence, I wouldn't worry about it.
A friend of mine likes to pick up fired slugs when he goes shooting. He thinks it funny to scatter them in parking lots
While I'm a person who always enjoys a good prank, that one is overboard. Imagine if there was a shooting investigation in one of the lots your buddy likes to sprinkle spent slugs in. That was cause a lot of confusion for detectives.
orionengnr
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If you shoot Steel Plate matches for any length of time, you will be hit by ricochets. I have only attended about six matches, and have been hit 3-4 times.
You need a better caliber of friend.
Your friend needs his arse kicked...and chances are, he will get exactly that. I hope it is soon.
Well, you should doubt this. There is a very good chance that when it landed, it was traveling very slowly.
Nope, There is nothing to richochet off of anywhere around. It landed almost perfectly on its nose and compressed half of it's length, perfect undamaged base.. Note: I'm not really scared and don't even have a hardhat, I was kidding.
Nope, There is nothing to richochet off of anywhere around. It landed almost perfectly on its nose and compressed half of it's length, perfect undamaged base.. Note: I'm not really scared and don't even have a hardhat, I was kidding
.Double Naught Spy
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So the driveway and NE Jackson is located somewhere in outer space? How can your grandmother's driveway be in the good part of town, only a mile from the bad part of town, and there be nothing for the bullet to ricochet off of? So there are no trees, cars, ground, structures, streets, etc. within a few hundred yards of the driveway?
I was hit by a 180gr Hydra-Shok fired from a Glock that had passed through a cinder block wall sandwiched between two sheets of drywall and bathroom tile that was fired from less than 5ft away. It literally bounced off my levi's with little effect. It was pretty much completely intact and had failed to expand.
So much for that theory...
Willie Lowman
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I know that it is common practice in Columbus for the dumber, drunker citizens to fire their guns up into the air on New Years and the 4th of July.
"Doctors and a police officer told the family that Jasmine likely was hit by a falling bullet from a handgun fired into the air. It could have been fired from more than a mile away."
"Doctors and a police officer told the family that Jasmine likely was hit by a falling bullet from a handgun fired into the air. It could have been fired from more than a mile away."
Glenn E. Meyer
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I saw a 45 ACP round bounce off a truck tire and come back and whack a guy in the chest for a bad bruise.
Once, when I live in an apt., I was swimming in the complex's pool and saw something shining on the bottom. Dove down and picked it up and it was a 38 SPL round - intact - brass, bullet, unfired, etc.
Once, when I live in an apt., I was swimming in the complex's pool and saw something shining on the bottom. Dove down and picked it up and it was a 38 SPL round - intact - brass, bullet, unfired, etc.
dascottsman
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I had a amigo that used to like to pick up brass at the range and drop 4 or 5 9mm casings here and there..........Goofy cat......
Mike Irwin
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Skadoosh,
Read what I posted again, please.
I said NOTHING about it penetrating anything.
Of course if a bullet penetrates something it is going to lose velocity and power. The more it penetrates, the more it is going to slow down, the less stable it is going to be, and the less range it is going to have.
MY scenario is based on the OP's description of the bullet being found about a mile from the "bad part of town," the assumption being that it was fired from there and landed in the driveway.
That means that it was fired up into the air at an angle sufficient to give it that kind of range.
If it had hit anything of consequence in its initial flight up, chances are it wouldn't have made it a mile - it would have quickly become unstable and would have likely only made it a few hundred yards.
But, as I said, a bullet will, unless fired almost vertically (which will bleed off virtually all forward velocity and result in the bullet falling back under the force of gravity, and often tumbling, resulting in even further reduced return velocity) retain sufficient velocity and energy to seriously wound or kill someone.
Read what I posted again, please.
I said NOTHING about it penetrating anything.
Of course if a bullet penetrates something it is going to lose velocity and power. The more it penetrates, the more it is going to slow down, the less stable it is going to be, and the less range it is going to have.
MY scenario is based on the OP's description of the bullet being found about a mile from the "bad part of town," the assumption being that it was fired from there and landed in the driveway.
That means that it was fired up into the air at an angle sufficient to give it that kind of range.
If it had hit anything of consequence in its initial flight up, chances are it wouldn't have made it a mile - it would have quickly become unstable and would have likely only made it a few hundred yards.
But, as I said, a bullet will, unless fired almost vertically (which will bleed off virtually all forward velocity and result in the bullet falling back under the force of gravity, and often tumbling, resulting in even further reduced return velocity) retain sufficient velocity and energy to seriously wound or kill someone.
Bulets sometimes do strange things check this out http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/316511
We used to live in an apartment complex in Dumfries,Virginia decades ago.
We had a guy that committed suicide with handgun,the bullet went through his head,out the window of his living room,across the space between our two apartment buildings and hit the steel frame on our bedroom window,on the wall where our headboard was,making a perfect round dent on the outside of the steel frame and cracking the bedroom window glass.
The guy was a nice young man,I'd have never thought life had gotten to him that badly.
He never messed with anyone.
We had a guy that committed suicide with handgun,the bullet went through his head,out the window of his living room,across the space between our two apartment buildings and hit the steel frame on our bedroom window,on the wall where our headboard was,making a perfect round dent on the outside of the steel frame and cracking the bedroom window glass.
The guy was a nice young man,I'd have never thought life had gotten to him that badly.
He never messed with anyone.
Walklightly
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How do you know it was a .40cal?