buelliganx1 Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 So I took my wife to the range last weekend so she could shoot her new Sig P238 that I got her for our anniversary and I took my 9mm M&P and my Kimber 45. Everything was going fine until I started shooting my Kimber and I ended up SHOOTING 3 people including me and my wife and another guy shooting at the range. Thats right bullets were actually ricocheting all the way back from the backstop and hitting us. Not enough to hurt but it did break the skin and leave a bruise on my wifes leg. The other guy said the same thing happened to him last week so it must be something to do with the backstop design because the gun was shooting fine with nice clean holes through the target. The only thing I can figure is everything else I shot was a FMJ with a nice typical rounded bullet but with my .45 I was shooting Winchester ammo which has angled sides and a flat face. The backstop was angled like the pic below so I guess the angle of the bullet was matching up with the angle of the backstop and causing the ricochet? Anybody else have anything like this happen to them? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/buelligan/backstop.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark1647545493 Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 What range was this at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattKatz Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 I guess if that Ammo is a problem there, they need to make sure iits not shot there, Still a wierd stuation though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buelliganx1 Posted October 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 I guess if that Ammo is a problem there, they need to make sure iits not shot there, Still a wierd stuation though. No doubt, at first I thought my rounds might be hitting the floor first because the targets I was using have multiple bulls eyes on them and I was shooting at the lower ones and since I'm fairly tall I thought there might be a chance that since I only had the targets about halfway out that I might have been hitting the floor even though it was a heck of a longshot. But even after I started shooting at the upper bullseye it still happened. Even though they didnt hit us hard the more I think about it the more I realize if one of these were to have hit one of us in the face that could have been nasty. As it was I hit my wife and the other guy in the leg and I was hit right on my belt just to the left of my buckle which now that I write this was just a few inches away from a nut shot for me. This all happened over in Springfield at the former Lauhorners which is now owned by Miami Valley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjrsplat Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 I guess if that Ammo is a problem there, they need to make sure iits not shot there, Still a wierd stuation though. +1 OP, Did you inform the Owner/manager of the situation? If your answer is no, I suggest doing so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceGhost Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 I wouldn't shoot there anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 I would never shoot at a range with that much crap sitting on a indoor range. Go someplace else and never return. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buelliganx1 Posted October 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 I would never shoot at a range with that much crap sitting on a indoor range. Go someplace else and never return. Thats not the range I was shooting at that was just a pic off of the web showing the kind of backstop they use there, guess I should have been more clear about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benner Posted October 6, 2012 Report Share Posted October 6, 2012 If that's a private owned range they need to be aware of the situation. That's an injury and huge law suit waiting to happen. It shouldn't matter that much the type of ammo being used. Their setup should be able to stop it sufficiently Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey2721 Posted October 7, 2012 Report Share Posted October 7, 2012 its not he backstop its all the angry spirits there! i mean holy shit! look at all the globules in that damn picture! thats what you get for putting a range over a indian burial ground! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssFo Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 I got hit in the leg earlier this year at Vandalia Range and Armory. It was enough to cut through my pants and make me bleed. The range hand said he's never seen that happen before. If it happened more than once I would have been more concerned. Like what's been said. I wouldn't go back there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fast5gp Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 They probably using steel/iron back stops and you are getting hit with the splatter ricochets from the FMJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjxlr8 Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Were you able to recover any over the bullets or pieces that hit your wife and friends? Sounds extremely dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buelliganx1 Posted October 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Were you able to recover any over the bullets or pieces that hit your wife and friends? Sounds extremely dangerous. Yep, here's a pic of two of the bullets and an unfired version of what I was shooting that day: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/buelligan/Picture045.jpg As you can see it's definitely not fragments its the whole bullet. Kinda gave me that nervous "I hope this isnt worse that it feels" feeling when it hit me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjjxlr8 Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Wow. What did the range owner say? That is a very serious issue. Something is obviously not right with the backstop/range setup. They don't have any metal target hangers that could have been hit, do they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Reminder #21451 to always wear your eye protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWW$HEEET Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 or you can go to NASR and shoot on the rifle range next to all the gangster thugs with AK's, til one of them shoots the ceiling above you. happened last week. ranges piss me off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buelliganx1 Posted October 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 or you can go to NASR and shoot on the rifle range next to all the gangster thugs with AK's, til one of them shoots the ceiling above you. happened last week. ranges piss me off. +1000 Seems like ranges are either way to strict with all the safety rules or they don't give a damn about them, would be nice to find a happy medium. Well either that or my own piece of property that I could shoot on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 or you can go to NASR and shoot on the rifle range next to all the gangster thugs with AK's, til one of them shoots the ceiling above you. happened last week. ranges piss me off. You can usually tell which idiot is going to muzzle sweep you at least once at any range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motozachl Posted October 9, 2012 Report Share Posted October 9, 2012 All guns are bad, you'll shoot your nuts out. Destroy them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodRed Posted October 10, 2012 Report Share Posted October 10, 2012 +1000 Seems like ranges are either way to strict with all the safety rules or they don't give a damn about them, would be nice to find a happy medium. Well either that or my own piece of property that I could shoot on. Never had a problem at Ohio Valley Outdoors in Lancaster. Got to be my favorite indoor range in Central Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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