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The Basics, Starting Out
What happens to bullets when they hit the ground?
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<blockquote data-quote="CRNA" data-source="post: 345887" data-attributes="member: 22495"><p>Hello all, this is my first post. I just wanted to put my .02 in. I have shot in my parent's back yard/woods since I was a child. I had noticed several years ago that something "bounced" off of a tree that was behind my target. I was shooting a 9mm handgun. I assumed that the bullets were just going into the ground, but I found out very differently once I started examining the trees downrange. The trees were litteraly speckeled with bullet holes. Some fresh, some very old. </p><p>I agree that the angle of the shot has alot to do with it. Also, the ammo that I target practice in my 9mm are FMJs. These, I have found, do richochet quite a bit more than soft-nosed or hollow-point bullets. </p><p>After this revelation I have been much much more cognizant of what is downrange of my target. Even if my bullet contacts "soft dirt".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CRNA, post: 345887, member: 22495"] Hello all, this is my first post. I just wanted to put my .02 in. I have shot in my parent's back yard/woods since I was a child. I had noticed several years ago that something "bounced" off of a tree that was behind my target. I was shooting a 9mm handgun. I assumed that the bullets were just going into the ground, but I found out very differently once I started examining the trees downrange. The trees were litteraly speckeled with bullet holes. Some fresh, some very old. I agree that the angle of the shot has alot to do with it. Also, the ammo that I target practice in my 9mm are FMJs. These, I have found, do richochet quite a bit more than soft-nosed or hollow-point bullets. After this revelation I have been much much more cognizant of what is downrange of my target. Even if my bullet contacts "soft dirt". [/QUOTE]
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