.50 caliber ricochet - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Craven Morehead · 12-07-2007, 09:48 AM

YouTube - Guy hit in head with .50 caliber ricochet

owlbill · 12-07-2007, 09:51 AM

Shite, that might be the last shot I ever fired if that was me.

Brewmaniac · 12-07-2007, 11:24 AM

Holy Shit! That's one lucky dude!

Plan9 · 12-07-2007, 12:51 PM

God was asleep on that one.

Halx · 12-07-2007, 03:14 PM

Can that seriously happen? How far away was the target? Yikes.

Plan9 · 12-07-2007, 03:24 PM

Very small chance of it happening given how fast and how heavy the projectile is... but the .50 BMG round is as close to God's angry finger as you get in man-portable firearms.

Dude SHOULD be dead. Or become a priest.

MSD · 12-08-2007, 08:21 PM

This is why you angle the plate to deflect projectiles into the ground. This is also why they don't let you use steel plates inside of 300 yards with 50BMG around here.

IdolGirl · 12-11-2007, 08:30 PM

I would have shit my pants!

I wonder if he's done more target practice after that...I don't think I'd shoot a gun again without full body armor!

Plan9 · 12-11-2007, 08:59 PM

Body armor wouldn't stop a .50 BMG. Even if it did... the energy transfer of the massive ball round would probably break every bone within a foot of the impact and literally turn your torso into a giant messy ravioli of scrambled organs.

IdolGirl · 12-12-2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Crompsin

Body armor wouldn't stop a .50 BMG. Even if it did... the energy transfer of the massive ball round would probably break every bone within a foot of the impact and literally turn your torso into a giant messy ravioli of scrambled organs.

I wouldn't know a 50 from a 22--but I love the ravioli analogy! Question though... if that guy was hit by the 50 thing, why didn't he get scrambled?

Craven Morehead · 12-12-2007, 09:28 PM

By the time it hit him the bullet had lost so much energy that it bounced off his melon rather than penetrating his skull and ravioli-izing his brains. He's unlucky that it struck him, he's damned lucky it wasn't worse. Had it hit his eye, he would have probably lost it.

Plan9 · 12-12-2007, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Department of Defense

The U.S. M33 .50 BMG military load uses a 668 grain FMJ-BT bullet at a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2910 fps with muzzle energy (ME) of 12,550 ft. lbs. The U.S. M2 military load uses a 720 grain FMJ-BT bullet at a MV of 2810 fps and ME of 12,600 ft. lbs.

Even if you cut the muzzle velocity of a .50 BMG in half... the energy of the projectile is still enough to turn your face into a pecan pie with loose teeth.

IdolGirl · 12-12-2007, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Craven Morehead

By the time it hit him the bullet had lost so much energy that it bounced off his melon rather than penetrating his skull and ravioli-izing his brains. He's unlucky that it struck him, he's damned lucky it wasn't worse. Had it hit his eye, he would have probably lost it.

I love this ravioli thing..lmao! I thought it must be a small bullet or something. Guess not? Or is it just the gun that was big?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crompsin

Even if you cut the muzzle velocity of a .50 BMG in half... the energy of the projectile is still enough to turn your face into a pecan pie with loose teeth.

okay..now I'm back to confused...why isn't he a ravioli pie? It looked like the bullet knocked his headphones off (or earmuffs..whatever they were)...

Maybe I should just stop checking this thread.. I'm afraid I just don't get it

Ustwo · 12-12-2007, 10:52 PM

The odds of that are so small I'm tempted to think it was faked.

I have no proof it was, but damn, I'm not sure if 1 in a million would cover it.

MSD · 12-13-2007, 12:13 AM

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Originally Posted by IdolGirl

I love this ravioli thing..lmao! I thought it must be a small bullet or something. Guess not? Or is it just the gun that was big?

It hit his ear protection and broke it, deflecting away from his head.

a .50BMG is a massive round, capable of taking out humans at thousands of yards (it's lethal way past where you can compensate for wind and slight imperfections in the cartridge and barrel,) light armor at shorter ranges, anti-vehicle at short range, and also being used for anti-aircraft because it carries so much energy and can reach so far.

http://www.rogueturtle.com/articles/images/armory10.jpg
From the right are a .22, a 5.56 NATO (what the US army uses,) a 7.62x39 (used in the ak-47,) and all the way on the left is a .50BMG

IdolGirl · 12-13-2007, 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by MrSelfDestruct

It hit his ear protection and broke it, deflecting away from his head.

a .50BMG is a massive round, capable of taking out humans at thousands of yards (it's lethal way past where you can compensate for wind and slight imperfections in the cartridge and barrel,) light armor at shorter ranges, anti-vehicle at short range, and also being used for anti-aircraft because it carries so much energy and can reach so far.

http://www.rogueturtle.com/articles/images/armory10.jpg
From the right are a .22, a 5.56 NATO (what the US army uses,) a 7.62x39 (used in the ak-47,) and all the way on the left is a .50BMG

GOOD GOD !! That thing is HUGE!!!

After seeing a picture of that bullet (looks more like a damn missile to me!), that couldn't be what that guy got hit with..It doesn't look like the kind of bullet that would just bounce off some metal earmuffs to me!!

MzNadia · 12-13-2007, 11:13 PM

I thought it was shrapnel? (spelling??) Isn't that a part of the bullet, or casing maybe?

Plan9 · 12-14-2007, 03:46 AM

It could have been a fragment of the round, yes, but I figure in order to maintain enough mass and velocity... it would have to be of substantial size. Most ricochets I've experienced, especially with heavier bullets, involve a hard impact followed by a weird slow bounce and minimal fragmentation.

Who knows? Guy is a dumbass for shooting at flat steel plates on a distance range with a weapon that can easily kill any animal on Earth.

BogeyDope · 12-16-2007, 12:38 PM

I'm pretty sure it was fake.

If you look at the video closely, it appears as though he knocks the ear muff's off his head.

Plan9 · 12-16-2007, 01:27 PM

Like the moon landing or my deployments... this could be fake.

But isn't it fun to speculate that they were real?

IdolGirl · 12-16-2007, 07:54 PM

Much like magic..most of the fun is in not knowing

Baraka_Guru · 12-16-2007, 08:04 PM

It was Dick "Buckshot" Cheney.

BogeyDope · 12-16-2007, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Crompsin

Like the moon landing or my deployments... this could be fake.

But isn't it fun to speculate that they were real?

Screw you hahahaha

12-07-2007, 11:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
Brewmaniac Searching for the perfect brew!	Holy Shit! That's one lucky dude! __________________ "That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son"

12-07-2007, 12:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	God was asleep on that one. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

12-07-2007, 03:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	Can that seriously happen? How far away was the target? Yikes. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

12-07-2007, 03:24 PM	#6 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Very small chance of it happening given how fast and how heavy the projectile is... but the .50 BMG round is as close to God's angry finger as you get in man-portable firearms. Dude SHOULD be dead. Or become a priest. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

12-11-2007, 08:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Body armor wouldn't stop a .50 BMG. Even if it did... the energy transfer of the massive ball round would probably break every bone within a foot of the impact and literally turn your torso into a giant messy ravioli of scrambled organs. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

12-07-2007, 09:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
owlbill Upright	Shite, that might be the last shot I ever fired if that was me.

12-08-2007, 08:21 PM	#7 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	This is why you angle the plate to deflect projectiles into the ground. This is also why they don't let you use steel plates inside of 300 yards with 50BMG around here.

12-11-2007, 08:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
IdolGirl Tilted Location: Florida	I would have shit my pants! I wonder if he's done more target practice after that...I don't think I'd shoot a gun again without full body armor!

12-12-2007, 09:28 PM	#11 (permalink)
Craven Morehead Custom User Title	By the time it hit him the bullet had lost so much energy that it bounced off his melon rather than penetrating his skull and ravioli-izing his brains. He's unlucky that it struck him, he's damned lucky it wasn't worse. Had it hit his eye, he would have probably lost it.

12-12-2007, 10:52 PM	#14 (permalink)
Ustwo Pissing in the cornflakes	The odds of that are so small I'm tempted to think it was faked. I have no proof it was, but damn, I'm not sure if 1 in a million would cover it. __________________ Agents of the enemies who hold office in our own government, who attempt to eliminate our "freedoms" and our "right to know" are posting among us, I fear.....on this very forum. - host Obama - Know a Man by the friends he keeps.

12-13-2007, 11:13 PM	#17 (permalink)
MzNadia Upright	I thought it was shrapnel? (spelling??) Isn't that a part of the bullet, or casing maybe?

12-14-2007, 03:46 AM	#18 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	It could have been a fragment of the round, yes, but I figure in order to maintain enough mass and velocity... it would have to be of substantial size. Most ricochets I've experienced, especially with heavier bullets, involve a hard impact followed by a weird slow bounce and minimal fragmentation. Who knows? Guy is a dumbass for shooting at flat steel plates on a distance range with a weapon that can easily kill any animal on Earth. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

12-16-2007, 12:38 PM	#19 (permalink)
BogeyDope Crazy	I'm pretty sure it was fake. If you look at the video closely, it appears as though he knocks the ear muff's off his head. Last edited by BogeyDope; 12-16-2007 at 12:40 PM..

12-16-2007, 01:27 PM	#20 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Like the moon landing or my deployments... this could be fake. But isn't it fun to speculate that they were real? __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

12-16-2007, 07:54 PM	#21 (permalink)
IdolGirl Tilted Location: Florida	Much like magic..most of the fun is in not knowing

12-16-2007, 08:04 PM	#22 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru warrior bodhisattva Super Moderator Location: East-central Canada	It was Dick "Buckshot" Cheney. __________________ Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing? —Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön Humankind cannot bear very much reality. —From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot