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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3137591" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>Unfortunately when you have steel on a bay, there is always the chance of a ricochet. Wood target frames can also deflect a bullet.</p><p>That's the reason for the tall berms. The projectile must travel way up to go over and basically just falls back to the ground.</p><p>Looking at the bullet though, it impacted nothing unless there is some damage on the other side we can't see.</p><p>It's imperative to keep the steel and targets against the berm and not move them back away.</p><p>We are combating that issue at our range in Ponca as we speak. Folks in the summer like to move the targets toward them so they can remain under the shade cover. In reality, they need to move up to the targets to shoot that are next to the berm.</p><p>We actually did some recent extensive testing with cardboard surrounding the steel to demonstrate what actually happened to the bullets. </p><p>99.99% splatter and disintegrate. That one or two that don't are the ones that are problematic to a gun range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3137591, member: 5412"] Unfortunately when you have steel on a bay, there is always the chance of a ricochet. Wood target frames can also deflect a bullet. That's the reason for the tall berms. The projectile must travel way up to go over and basically just falls back to the ground. Looking at the bullet though, it impacted nothing unless there is some damage on the other side we can't see. It's imperative to keep the steel and targets against the berm and not move them back away. We are combating that issue at our range in Ponca as we speak. Folks in the summer like to move the targets toward them so they can remain under the shade cover. In reality, they need to move up to the targets to shoot that are next to the berm. We actually did some recent extensive testing with cardboard surrounding the steel to demonstrate what actually happened to the bullets. 99.99% splatter and disintegrate. That one or two that don't are the ones that are problematic to a gun range. [/QUOTE]
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