Jim Taylor
Down below a ways Huey mentioned being hit by a ricochett ..
Tuesday, December 08, 2020, 07:51

I wonder how many here have had that happen?
The first time for me was when I was maybe 6 or 7. Dad was in the basement and was testing an old .32 S&W. He shot into a 4x4 and the bullet came back and hit me in the leg. I kept that bullet for many years. Proud of it.

Years later, living in Oracle, AZ, I was loading some 255 gr. round nose in the .45 Colt with light loads. I stepped out on the porch and fired one into the end of a piece of firewood. The bullet turned in the grain and came back and hit me in the big toe. I was in my bare feet and it raised a heck of a blood blister on the end of my big toe!

A few years ago I was in the shop, shooting my little S&W Model 340. I had some .38 Specials loaded with about 1.5 gr. Bullseye and a wadcutter. Shooting into plywood some of the bullets would bounce back and hit me in the chest. Coming back they were going slower than a BB gun shoots. I could see them coming. They did not hurt .. just "THUMP."

That's just a few of the times. I am not counting being shot with full power loads or taking shrapnel from bullet jackets etc.