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 Serious ricochet 
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:04 pm 
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Looks like a .50BMG fired at a metal plate to me

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About 2 full seconds between fire and impact. That's a very LONG ricochet. Looks like it bounced off the ground in front of him before it hit him, too... Could have saved his life.


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He is a lucky gun and not to bright IMHO. :shock:

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ouch...

Honestly, who else had the first reaction to duck/hit the deck... that sounds exactly like any "incoming"


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EricMN wrote:
Honestly, who else had the first reaction to duck/hit the deck... that sounds exactly like any "incoming"


Do they all whistle like that?


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most the time, because the bullet is flipping end over end.

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