Amateur hand gunner here, all my shooting has been at paper until now. I have a variety of mild steel targets and thought I would shoot these targets from much closer than the usual 25 and 50 yard distances. Maybe 7 yards, 15 yards or so. My guns are low power vintage cartridges, .22 LR, .32 ACP, .38 Spl, .44 Russian, .44 Spl, .45 ACP. With these low velocity rounds do I need to be concerned about ricochets back toward the shooter? I have heard of fellow muzzle loader shooters having bounce backs, although I never experienced it. You guys?
Yes.
Don't do it.
