>>64204967
>The only ricochet I ever had that I learned something from was when I shot an old CRT tv with birdshot.
The one ricochet that I learned something from was shooting with my buddy on his dad's property.
His dad had an old steel hot water heater set up as a ~500 yard rifle target, but buddy and myself were at ~30 yards shooting handguns that day at paper targets stapled to old railroad ties.
His dad rolls up on a quad bringing us a few cokes and bottles of water, just to hang and see how we're doing.
He asks if he can try his son's new 38 revolver.
Takes aim at the paper, he's fucking bullseye right away with the 3" barrel at 30 yards, ace shot. Pisses my friend off immediately, lol.
Just for shits and gigs, he pops the water heater to make a big gong noise.
Fucking ricochet comes straight back at him.
No joke, you can see some hairs falling down to the ground as a little line of blood appears dead center down the very tippy top of his head.
Just a scratch, but might as well have parted his fucking hair.
We all stare at each other fucking speechless as he reaches up and touches his scalp to make sure it's not got any extra holes in it.
He says "Well boys, think that's me done for the day, I'm going to go buy some lottery tickets."
We keep shooting, but also keep talking about how insane that was.
Ended up being the best lesson I've ever had on "know your target", constantly think about that one now whenever I'm shooting.
Old guy did actually go out and buy $100 worth of lottery tickets afterwards.
I think he ended up winning $2 total.