Topic: .50 Cal close call!!! (Read 5376 times)

PAPA T · « **on:** March 15, 2011, 08:48:17 PM »

I would be buying lottery tickets after this!!! The following commentary was in the email a friend sent me.

These guys are firing into a steel plate rather than a berm or hillside. Turn the sound up.........you can hear the bullet head back. Watch in full screen to see it better. This is a very, very lucky sportsman.

This guy is shooting a 50 CAL. Watch the dust when he fires. The target is a steel plate 1000 yards away. You can hear the ping of the hit, and then the bullet comes back and hits the ground just in front of his position, then tumbles up hitting the earmuffs, knocking them off of his head. The footage is amazing. You can hear the bullet as it tumbles through the air on its course back toward the shooter. He's lucky it hit the dirt first. He is okay, and obviously very lucky. The bullet grazed his temple. What a difference a half an inch makes!

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=video&cd=1&ved=0CEYQtwIwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2F

murphy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 15, 2011, 08:51:07 PM »

1sharprdkg · « **Reply #2 on:** March 15, 2011, 08:55:53 PM »

HOLY CRAP!!!!! That was wild!

Fired00d · « **Reply #3 on:** March 15, 2011, 08:58:39 PM »

Geesh!!!!!! He was lucky!!!!

Ride Safe,
Fired00d

Trimster · « **Reply #4 on:** March 15, 2011, 09:12:46 PM »

" hey ya'll watch this!"

grc · « **Reply #5 on:** March 15, 2011, 09:14:06 PM »

Quote from: Fired00d on March 15, 2011, 08:58:39 PM

Geesh!!!!!! He was lucky!!!!

Ride Safe,
Fired00d

Lucky, and incredibly stupid. Why would you use a steel plate as a target? Planning on defending the home from tanks?

Jerry

Trimster · « **Reply #6 on:** March 15, 2011, 09:15:45 PM »

Darwin award nominee?

JoMo · « **Reply #7 on:** March 15, 2011, 09:29:24 PM »

What a dumb @#$%%$$#$$5

Jo Mo NYC

mrmagloo · « **Reply #8 on:** March 15, 2011, 10:57:17 PM »

Fake!

Chains · « **Reply #9 on:** March 15, 2011, 11:22:38 PM »

Looks real

red ben59 · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2011, 07:52:45 AM »

Quote from: Chains on March 15, 2011, 11:22:38 PM

Looks real STUPID!!!!!!!!!! Can't fix stupid.

muddypaws · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2011, 07:53:48 AM »

Dumb ass

willymax4 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2011, 08:43:16 AM »

the odds of that actually happening have to be mind boggling. a projectile leaves the muzzle of a rifle, travels 1000 yards down range, strikes a steel plate and travels 1000 yards back to the rifle on the almost exact same trajectery that it traveled down range.
i'm calling bull chit on that one.

grc · « **Reply #13 on:** March 16, 2011, 08:54:20 AM »

Quote from: mrmagloo on March 15, 2011, 10:57:17 PM

Fake!

Quote from: Chains on March 15, 2011, 11:22:38 PM

Looks real

My first impression was fake as well. I always get suspicious when folks just happen to have a camera set up and it isn't aimed at the obvious target (why would you focus on the shooter and a small patch of dirt directly in front of him where a convenient puff of dust could be created, rather than the actual target to show the affect of the round?) Considering the current state of idiocy in pursuit of fame in this country, however, nothing at all surprises me anymore. I remember a time when folks would hide all evidence of such obvious stupidity, but now this stuff is some sort of badge of honor?

Excuse me, but I'm on my way out to set up my camera to record me jumping over a speeding car. The fact that I'm 60 years old and couldn't jump more than a foot off the ground won't affect my decision to make the attempt, just as long as I get my 15 seconds of fame on youtube.

Jerry

cvobiker · « **Reply #14 on:** March 16, 2011, 08:56:52 AM »

Quote from: mrmagloo on March 15, 2011, 10:57:17 PM

Fake!

X2. Yup, sure is

RidinRuby · « **Reply #15 on:** March 16, 2011, 12:12:51 PM »

Quote from: muddypaws on March 16, 2011, 07:53:48 AM

Dumb ass

x2

kraut · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2011, 02:38:21 PM »

Quote from: willymax4 on March 16, 2011, 08:43:16 AM

the odds of that actually happening have to be mind boggling. a projectile leaves the muzzle of a rifle, travels 1000 yards down range, strikes a steel plate and travels 1000 yards back to the rifle on the almost exact same trajectery that it traveled down range.
i'm calling bull chit on that one.

it's just plain physically impossible.

definitely fake.

jayray00SERG · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2011, 04:47:56 PM »

Fake! I have been to a silhouette range shooting at 1/2 inch diamond plate at various distances. The sheep is 1000 yards I believe. Direct hit will knock it over. A steel plate @ 1000 yds has to be angled towards the shooter to send the round back. I say BS!!!!

charles05663 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2011, 08:39:21 PM »

I don't see anywhere, where it states the target is 1000 meters (or yards) away and the target is clearly not that far away.

It look real to me.

kraut · « **Reply #19 on:** March 17, 2011, 03:26:33 AM »

no matter how far or close: 360° deflection is just impossible on a flat surface.

charles05663 · « **Reply #20 on:** March 17, 2011, 11:20:57 AM »

Quote from: kraut on March 17, 2011, 03:26:33 AM

no matter how far or close: 360° deflection is just impossible on a flat surface.

How about a 180 degree?

kraut · « **Reply #21 on:** March 19, 2011, 05:53:56 AM »

ok, right you are

HogBreath · « **Reply #22 on:** March 19, 2011, 07:03:50 AM »

I SAY BS

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