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you'll shoot your eye out

This is more of a close call participating in shooting practice than stupidity. Still it was a close call that could have ended his life.

When taking a shot at a target that was a steel plate from 1000 yards or 10 football fields away (which is actually an awesome shot) the .50 caliber bullet bounces off the steel plate and comes back hitting the ground a few feet in front of the shooter, bouncing upward and knocking off the shooters ear protection.

It was an awesome shot followed by an unlucky close call. https://www.facebook.com/brad.kirk.94/videos/279460498749570/

Submitted on 12/26/2020

Submitted by: Anonymous
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Tracy said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
OMG - Technically he's not doing anything stupid, it's just an incredibly lucky accident - but that is an amazing video!


Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Honorable Mention
If nothing else this will hopefully serve as a precautionary tale on just how dangerous firearms are.