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Re: Got shot.... SS336 #15141893 08/16/20
Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,370 Likes: 44 Battle Born B bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana
bsa1917hunter Campfire 'Bwana B Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 48,370 Likes: 44 Battle Born	Originally Posted by SS336 Got shot in the leg at the bowling pin match last night........ok, just a ricochet, but hurt a lot. Felt like getting hit by a line drive In baseball. Sitting on a bench, behind the firing line. Bullet hit me in the thigh and bounced off, landing 3 feet away. Guy sitting next to me picked it up and it was still to hot to hold! Got a bruise on my leg, glad it didn’t hit me in the face. We shoot pins at 18 yards, I was sitting 20 feet behind that. 45 Colt 250 gr bullet. It still had a lot of steam. Seems damn strange. I just shot a bowling pin shoot yesterday and no bullets even think about coming back in the shooters direction. You may want to post up some pics of your set-up. I'm wondering if you have some steel in the table or something that causes ricochets? Also, your pins aren't getting hit much if they are being used for "months". The ones we tore into yesterday were pretty much through after the match... Originally Posted by raybass I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. Originally Posted by Pharmseller You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA

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Re: Got shot.... SS336 #15142773 08/17/20
Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida deflave Campfire Sage
deflave Campfire Sage Joined: Aug 2007 Posts: 115,424 Likes: 13 South Florida	It happens. I’d wager most of the time it’s from lead on lead due to the pins retaining previous shots. Originally Posted by Geno67 Trump being classless,tasteless and clueless as usual. Originally Posted by Judman Sorry, trump is a no tax payin pile of shiit. Originally Posted by KSMITH My young wife decided to play the field and had moved several dudes into my house

Re: Got shot.... SS336 #15143065 08/17/20
Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,092 Likes: 1 Willamette Valley S SS336 OP Campfire Regular
OP SS336 Campfire Regular S Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 2,092 Likes: 1 Willamette Valley	Tables are wood frames with plywood tops. Pretty much the same setup most shoots have. It was a freak accident. Pretty sure it was, as deflave said, bullet hitting another bullet and coming back. We do get a lot of use out our pins. Maybe to much. 😳 Been shooting there for 4 years and this is the first time I have seen it happen.

Re: Got shot.... SS336 #15180371 08/30/20
Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 12 Southern California mountains J Jeff1963 New Member
Jeff1963 New Member J Joined: Jun 2020 Posts: 12 Southern California mountains	A classic example of why to wear eye pro even way back off the line, you just never know. Glad it wasn't worse for the OP. From other examples given here it sounds like bowling pins are something to be extra cautious around. Pedersoli .54 Hawken

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