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The Basics, Starting Out
What happens to bullets when they hit the ground?
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<blockquote data-quote="long ranger" data-source="post: 183440" data-attributes="member: 800"><p>There are many factors that will all change the end result.</p><p>Angle in which the bullet touchs the ground will dictate whether it will deflect back up off the ground and at what angle it does so.</p><p>Whether the ground is frozen or not also plays a big role. Ground that has been tilled or broken up is less likely to cause ricochets.</p><p>Type of bullets also play a big part. Light thin jacketed varmit bullets tend to come apart easily when the touch anything, heavy jacketed or bonded hunting bullets take much more to expend their energy.</p><p>Velocity also play a big part and can make things very hard to predict. I find I get more ricochets with 22LR than my bigger calibers. FMJs or machined steel core bullets are probably the worst. I find steel cores from my 50s and 20mm scattered all over the fields, usually quite a long way away from where we have the targets set up.</p><p></p><p>This is my range, the hill behind is elevated another 90 feet above where my bullets strike the ground, when shooting at the paper target. We have found many places where bullets have picked up off the ground and gone into the wild blue yonder. The gongs are angled so as to deflect the bullets directly into the ground</p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/albertatacticalrifle/Picture288.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>This is what the gongs and target look like at 750 yards away. You will notice I shoot at a downward angle and have a 6 mile track of empty fields for the bullets to land in.</p><p>I am hoping to get a bobcat in to cut a 90 degree backstop in the spring.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/albertatacticalrifle/IMG_2535.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The further ridge is 1600 yards out and I move the targets out there for real long range fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="long ranger, post: 183440, member: 800"] There are many factors that will all change the end result. Angle in which the bullet touchs the ground will dictate whether it will deflect back up off the ground and at what angle it does so. Whether the ground is frozen or not also plays a big role. Ground that has been tilled or broken up is less likely to cause ricochets. Type of bullets also play a big part. Light thin jacketed varmit bullets tend to come apart easily when the touch anything, heavy jacketed or bonded hunting bullets take much more to expend their energy. Velocity also play a big part and can make things very hard to predict. I find I get more ricochets with 22LR than my bigger calibers. FMJs or machined steel core bullets are probably the worst. I find steel cores from my 50s and 20mm scattered all over the fields, usually quite a long way away from where we have the targets set up. This is my range, the hill behind is elevated another 90 feet above where my bullets strike the ground, when shooting at the paper target. We have found many places where bullets have picked up off the ground and gone into the wild blue yonder. The gongs are angled so as to deflect the bullets directly into the ground [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/albertatacticalrifle/Picture288.jpg[/IMG] This is what the gongs and target look like at 750 yards away. You will notice I shoot at a downward angle and have a 6 mile track of empty fields for the bullets to land in. I am hoping to get a bobcat in to cut a 90 degree backstop in the spring. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v314/albertatacticalrifle/IMG_2535.jpg[/IMG] The further ridge is 1600 yards out and I move the targets out there for real long range fun. [/QUOTE]
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