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This would suck! Armadillo Ricochet
Wrangler
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/texas-man-shoots-armadillo-gets-hit-face-bullet-214656503.html
DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday.
Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire.
"His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said.
The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said.
The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where his jaw was wired shut, according to Rowe.
The status of the animal is unknown.
"We didn't find the armadillo," the sheriff said.
DALLAS (Reuters) - An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday.
Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire.
"His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo," Rowe said.
The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said.
The man was airlifted to a nearby hospital, where his jaw was wired shut, according to Rowe.
The status of the animal is unknown.
"We didn't find the armadillo," the sheriff said.
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I don't see a bullet making a 180 degree turn off an armadillo and coming back to hit the shooter.
ive been hit with full .45 slugs, have another small scar on my leg from a 9mm jacket ricocheting during an indoor i.d.p.a. match indoors at 20 yards to the backstop
not sure if they were all a 180, or hit a secondary wall then me, but it can happen
tell this guy it cant happen
edit: a .38 can be weak, Winchester white box makes a power factor of 103 vs their 9mm of 135
#2 A bullet is not going to ricochet off an armadillo
i do not see that as a possibility, the damned armadillo shot back.
I'll call BS on this one.
I don't see a bullet making a 180 degree turn off an armadillo and coming back to hit the shooter.
+1
It happened in East Texas, so I can tell you what happened. East Texas has quite a few of the inbred types running around. Ole boy got into an argument with his wife/sister, and she shot him. Police show up, so the ricochet armadillo story comes out. [:D]
3:00 am and drunk.
Probably shot a rock that he thought was going to attack him.
3:00 am and drunk.
Probably shot a rock that he thought was going to attack him.
Not sure it was the Armadillo that caused it to come back more like a rock.
I know, got the marks still to prove it [^]
The return path certainly won't be as fast... Since a bullet would loose most of it's potential energy.
But, it would be "fast enough" to travel several yards with enough energy to make you stand up and notice.
Keep in mind that any hard object will "bounce" if given enough potential energy regardless of the surface struck...
Only an object that has no retained mass after striking a surface will not "bounce".
A frangible bullet is designed to deploy all it's mass upon it's target and not "bounce".
Lead and/or copper will retain some of it's mass unlike a frangible bullet.
So... A bullet will "bounce".
i agree !
Come on, guys! Same magic bullet principle as with Kennedy.
It happened in East Texas, so I can tell you what happened. East Texas has quite a few of the inbred types running around. Ole boy got into an argument with his wife/sister, and she shot him. Police show up, so the ricochet armadillo story comes out. [:D]
That sounds more like Anywhere, USA! [:D]