ricochet sound - cool or not cool?

**W.E.G.** · July 09, 2007, 00:14

Butt-pucker effect off the scale

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ABGIJwiGBc

jaykden · July 09, 2007, 01:30

uncool, considering i've been hit in the head with one.

Otis Treekiller · July 09, 2007, 05:53

Sounds cool, but it's really not.

DYNOMIKE · July 09, 2007, 07:50

That is DEFINITELY NOT Cool...

brownknees · July 09, 2007, 08:01

Cool from behind.
Scary from the front or side.

Artful · July 09, 2007, 09:10

Two things - first for those who aren't owning suppressors, did you know that the muzzle blast was masking the sounds that your bullet makes like hitting the target the the riochet sounds. This sound happens a lot more than you think if you haven't listend suppressed gunfire.

second this is a richocet against a hard target coming back towards you - alway have metal targets at an angle, not 90 degree from where you are shooting to avoid this kind of problem - this guy was very lucky.

Radio · July 09, 2007, 12:00

Every time I hear one, I think I just shite me-self. No way to know where it's gonna go, and with what energy.

--Radio

doktor_ecchs · July 09, 2007, 12:58

not even hardly cool...

as ever,
Dr. X

lew · July 10, 2007, 10:20

Way cool, but not for him.

I'm diggin' the blue coveralls.

aardq · July 10, 2007, 11:42

The sound itself cool, but what the sound means is anything but cool. By the time you hear the sound it's already hit something or it's gone. Still makes the pucker factor rise real quick.

Dan

loneeagle308 · July 10, 2007, 18:39

Way cool when I think of the bullets landing in Mexico a few 100 yds away. Even cooler are M60's firing 100% tracers on the ocean at night... 50cals barking flames and their tracers ricocheting 100% ricochets bouncing off the water and an HH-60 shooting an M240 with tracers with the 5"/54 firing Willie Petes on parachutes 9000 yds in the distance.

AndyC · July 10, 2007, 19:24

Quote:

Originally posted by aardq
By the time you hear the sound it's already hit something or it's gone. Still makes the pucker factor rise real quick.

Supersonic, yes, but not if it's subsonic which this one clearly was. High PF on this one, indeedy.

fire for effect · July 10, 2007, 20:01

The sound I hate is the ballistic crack of the sound Barrier breaking as the bullet passes by.

**W.E.G.** · July 11, 2007, 15:41

This relates to the video I distributed a few days ago.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=285410

Utah.

“Boom Headshot - .50 style
________________________________________
This is amazing. Willie, the guy shooting the AR-50 is a friend of mine.
The target, a 1" steel plate was 100 yards away.
You can hear the ping of the hit, then the bullet comes back and hits him in the head.”

Willie had the plate set back at a 45* angle, and 45* to the side as well. That it came straight back like this is very odd. Someone upstairs was messing with him.

The muffs are the electronic Caldwells.”

Skilter · July 11, 2007, 16:41

Quote:

Originally posted by Artful
- first for those who aren't owning suppressors, did you know that the muzzle blast was masking the sounds that your bullet makes like hitting the target the the riochet sounds. This sound happens a lot more than you think if you haven't listend suppressed gunfire.

yep...

patrick kelly · July 11, 2007, 18:27

This is proof that not even God wants everybody.

WildWest · July 11, 2007, 21:59

This is kinda a catch 22 question.... is it a cool sound...or is it cool getting HIT IN THE FARRGIN HEAD with a ricochet!

SOUNDS cool, getting hit with one would suck i'm sure!!!

WildWest · July 11, 2007, 22:04

Quote:

This is amazing. Willie, the guy shooting the AR-50 is a friend of mine.
The target, a 1" steel plate was 100 yards away.
You can hear the ping of the hit, then the bullet comes back and hits him in the head.”

Willie had the plate set back at a 45* angle, and 45* to the side as well. That it came straight back like this is very odd. Someone upstairs was messing with him.

The muffs are the electronic Caldwells.”
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As for this quote.... being in the Navy on the Security Alert Team and Backup Alert Force, they taught us that ricochets' bounce off at 45 Degree angles and that standing fluch against a bulkhead is your best chance at avoiding a ricochet, even if it's 2 feet in front of you. This ain't a BB gun with a low velocity projectile thats round like a ball.

Never had to really worry about it though.

Having a metal target squared to you is safer than at an angle!

AndyC · July 12, 2007, 08:52

Not necessarily - depends on the angle it struck. High-angle impact, yup - but at a shallow angle, bad idea because the ricochet will "dig in" and buzz down the length of the wall.

Very cool for taking out targets that pop out of a window or doorway.

View Poll Results: Do you dig ricochet sounds?
way cool!	21	30.88%
totally uncool!!!	22	32.35%
I think I just shite me-self	21	30.88%
what just happened?	4	5.88%
Voters: 68. You may not vote on this poll

July 09, 2007, 01:30	#2
jaykden Moderator Resident Alaskan FALaholic #: 3800 Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: sitka, ak Posts: 4,220	uncool, considering i've been hit in the head with one. __________________ In a family of fudds, i'm the black sheep of the family...... EBR black, that is...

July 09, 2007, 07:50	#4
DYNOMIKE Registered Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 11982 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 13,972	That is DEFINITELY NOT Cool... __________________ "If your Gonna DIE, DIE Standing UP"!! The WOLVERINES.......

July 09, 2007, 09:10	#6
Artful Registered FALaholic #: 10191 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: arizona Posts: 2,163	Two things - first for those who aren't owning suppressors, did you know that the muzzle blast was masking the sounds that your bullet makes like hitting the target the the riochet sounds. This sound happens a lot more than you think if you haven't listend suppressed gunfire. second this is a richocet against a hard target coming back towards you - alway have metal targets at an angle, not 90 degree from where you are shooting to avoid this kind of problem - this guy was very lucky. __________________ I'm not Fat, just Tactially Padded

July 09, 2007, 12:00	#7
Radio Registered FALaholic #: 263 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Eastern Washington State Posts: 9,868	Every time I hear one, I think I just shite me-self. No way to know where it's gonna go, and with what energy. --Radio __________________ Train Like You Fight: Second PLace is NOT an Option. --E.M. (Ted) Dannemiller II* "You seem to fantasize about me a lot. Maybe you should tell your boyfriend? He could dress up like me or something." --*K.O.A.M.*, November 9th, 2009 "You're better off hoping she don't miss, it's quicker that way." --ce, December 15, 2009

July 09, 2007, 05:53	#3
Otis Treekiller Registered FALaholic #: 21060 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Last single-wide on the left. Posts: 1,724	Sounds cool, but it's really not.

July 09, 2007, 08:01	#5
brownknees Registered FALaholic #: 14917 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: mid atlantic Posts: 12,015	Cool from behind. Scary from the front or side.

July 09, 2007, 12:58	#8
doktor_ecchs Registered FALaholic #: 17863 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: WNC Posts: 3,303	not even hardly cool... as ever, Dr. X __________________ The Golden Rule of History: Those With the Weapons Make the Rules!

July 10, 2007, 10:20	#9
lew Registered FALaholic #: 16727 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: somewhere Posts: 5,759	Way cool, but not for him. I'm diggin' the blue coveralls.

July 10, 2007, 11:42	#10
aardq Registered FALaholic #: 18645 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Flint Area Posts: 1,153	The sound itself cool, but what the sound means is anything but cool. By the time you hear the sound it's already hit something or it's gone. Still makes the pucker factor rise real quick. Dan

July 10, 2007, 18:39	#11
loneeagle308 Registered FALaholic #: 3246 Join Date: May 2001 Location: in a trailer next to the runway, Naval Air Station, North Island. Posts: 888	Way cool when I think of the bullets landing in Mexico a few 100 yds away. Even cooler are M60's firing 100% tracers on the ocean at night... 50cals barking flames and their tracers ricocheting 100% ricochets bouncing off the water and an HH-60 shooting an M240 with tracers with the 5"/54 firing Willie Petes on parachutes 9000 yds in the distance.

July 10, 2007, 20:01	#13
fire for effect Registered Bronze Contributor FALaholic #: 14188 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Sioux City Iowa Posts: 1,919	The sound I hate is the ballistic crack of the sound Barrier breaking as the bullet passes by. __________________ You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out. W.T. Sherman, Major General Commanding Headquarters, Army of Tennessee September, 1864

July 11, 2007, 15:41	#14
W.E.G. Administrator Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 1211 Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Virginia Posts: 31,055	This relates to the video I distributed a few days ago. http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=285410 Utah. “Boom Headshot - .50 style ________________________________________ This is amazing. Willie, the guy shooting the AR-50 is a friend of mine. The target, a 1" steel plate was 100 yards away. You can hear the ping of the hit, then the bullet comes back and hits him in the head.” Willie had the plate set back at a 45* angle, and 45* to the side as well. That it came straight back like this is very odd. Someone upstairs was messing with him. The muffs are the electronic Caldwells.” __________________ . . . Ask me about the Mason-Dixon FAL Collectors Association.

July 11, 2007, 18:27	#16
patrick kelly Registered FALaholic #: 6244 Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 208	This is proof that not even God wants everybody.

July 11, 2007, 21:59	#17
WildWest Registered FALaholic #: 7087 Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Central Florida Posts: 67	This is kinda a catch 22 question.... is it a cool sound...or is it cool getting HIT IN THE FARRGIN HEAD with a ricochet! SOUNDS cool, getting hit with one would suck i'm sure!!! __________________ "If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace"- Thomas Paine Anybody else want some cosmoline in their coffee? . . . . . . what?!

July 12, 2007, 08:52	#19
AndyC Porridge Wog Contributor FALaholic #: 19755 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Euless, TX Posts: 11,061	Not necessarily - depends on the angle it struck. High-angle impact, yup - but at a shallow angle, bad idea because the ricochet will "dig in" and buzz down the length of the wall. Very cool for taking out targets that pop out of a window or doorway. __________________ My Iraq Pics Preferred Travel Agent - 72 Virgins Dating Club

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