50 Caliber near miss

  • Steve Plantz
    SE MN
    Posts: 12240
    June 22, 2009 at 6:37 pm #210002

    Missed by ……….that much!! … Read before watching This is a very, very lucky sportsman. The guy is shooting
    a .50 caliber rifle.. Watch the dust, when the bullet returns, after he fires..

    The target, a steel plate was 1000 yards away.

    You can hear the ping of the hit, next the ricocheting bullet comes back, and then hits his earmuffs. He thought he was hit.

    The footage is amazing, you can hear the bullet as it tumbles through the air on its course back toward the shooter. He’s lucky, it hit the dirt first.

    He is okay, and obviously very lucky. It could have been between his eyes…….

    The bullet grazed his earmuffs, What a difference an inch makes !!!!

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    June 22, 2009 at 7:11 pm #53027

    Unbelievable!

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    June 22, 2009 at 8:19 pm #53029

    Were not doing that anymore

    muskybones
    Posts: 372
    June 22, 2009 at 11:36 pm #53034

    omg. that would have had to suck

    packingheat
    Reads Landing Mn
    Posts: 696
    June 23, 2009 at 11:54 pm #53064

    WOW he might want to buy a lotto ticket

    elitehunter
    SAUK RAPIDS, MN
    Posts: 7
    June 24, 2009 at 1:14 am #53066

    come on, one more shot.

    life1978
    Eau Claire , WI
    Posts: 2790
    June 25, 2009 at 5:56 pm #53121

    Saw this one before. It’s shocking everytime I see it.

    Brad Juaire
    Maple Grove, MN
    Posts: 6101
    June 25, 2009 at 7:16 pm #53128

    “Oh…. Willie!”

    “Woooo!!! That’s the last one of them were doin!”

    “Am I bleedin?”

    “It hit you right in the side of the head…”

    “Where did it hit?”

    “Right in the side of my head!”

    “We’re not doin that anymore!”

    “Nope! No more iron!”

    My gut hurts!

    chris-tuckner
    Hastings/Isle MN
    Posts: 12318
    July 21, 2009 at 2:11 pm #53949

    Not a huge deal, but I was a military sniper in the MP’s for years and there is no way that is 1000 yards.

    big_g
    Isle, MN
    Posts: 22550
    July 21, 2009 at 8:52 pm #53992

    1000 yards… I thought the same thing.. more like 500 down, 500 back. I can make out the plate and at 300 yards, I remember it was tough to pick out the pop up silhoutte… Either way… CRAZY !!!

    riveratt
    Central Wisconsin US-of-A
    Posts: 1464
    August 12, 2009 at 10:11 pm #55335

    I too have seen it. I think the title ought to be “Near Hit” however. Insane, ain’t no way it is 1000 yards.

    suzuki
    Woodbury, Mn
    Posts: 18723
    August 13, 2009 at 2:17 pm #55399

    The last thing I heard was,”no more iron.”
    Who the %$^&% shoots at iron!!!???

    neusch303
    Posts: 539
    September 9, 2009 at 4:33 pm #57740

    It’s amazing, all the “air” around him and the bullet came directly back at him and bounced just right. That’s simply bad luck (on top of the obvious poor choices).

    robby
    Quad Cities
    Posts: 2829
    October 9, 2009 at 1:13 am #62524

    I can tell you all this for sure. Shooting a .50 centerfire is a lot of fun. I cut down a dead Elm tree approx. 14 inches in diameter at about 300 yards. 7 shots across and “timber”. Fun stuff. Accuracy does not really start to shine until over 500 yards or so though. Little recoil if behind the gun, but stand to the side and prepare yourself. Still makes me giggle.

    wade
    Cottage Grove, MN
    Posts: 1737
    October 9, 2009 at 2:06 pm #62613

    “nope no more iron”…..WTF….glad he is okay but sounds like they learned their lesson

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