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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 1991468" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>Closer than 100 yds. I wasn't the shooter and the shooter didn't notice that his last round had locked up the hinge. </p><p></p><p>The thing about a swinging target is that it IS angled down, or angled more down depending on the initial set-up, in the minuscule time between initial contact and spatter or a ricochet occurs. The act of swinging the target also absorbs some of the impact energy, leaving less to power a ricochet. </p><p></p><p>Until there is a peer reviewed scientific study done on free moving vs. fixed steel plate targets, angled down or not, that concludes that a fixed target, again angled down or not, is safer than a swinging target I'm simply not going to believe that an angled down, fixed target is safer than a free swinging target so long as that swinging target is set -up with an initial vertical to angled down face orientation. Texanjohn's suggestion sounds like a good one to consider using. How that swinging target that injured my hand swung was NOT.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 1991468, member: 93138"] Closer than 100 yds. I wasn't the shooter and the shooter didn't notice that his last round had locked up the hinge. The thing about a swinging target is that it IS angled down, or angled more down depending on the initial set-up, in the minuscule time between initial contact and spatter or a ricochet occurs. The act of swinging the target also absorbs some of the impact energy, leaving less to power a ricochet. Until there is a peer reviewed scientific study done on free moving vs. fixed steel plate targets, angled down or not, that concludes that a fixed target, again angled down or not, is safer than a swinging target I'm simply not going to believe that an angled down, fixed target is safer than a free swinging target so long as that swinging target is set -up with an initial vertical to angled down face orientation. Texanjohn's suggestion sounds like a good one to consider using. How that swinging target that injured my hand swung was NOT. [/QUOTE]
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