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<blockquote data-quote="Pulp" data-source="post: 2592480" data-attributes="member: 14195">Swink, Oklahoma huh?&nbsp; I find the bullets flattened out under the gong.&nbsp; I guess the bullet impact swings it out just enough to bounce the remnants straight down.&nbsp; The only time I&#039;ve ever been hit by a bounce back was shooting into wood.&nbsp; I had one of those .45 caliber Philadelphia Derringers.&nbsp; I shot it into a old cabinet we had hauled off.&nbsp; Reloaded, aimed at the first bullet hole and fired.&nbsp; The ball bounced back and hit me in the ball of my thumb.&nbsp; I went down to the cabinet and found that the bullet went through the plywood door, hit a 2X4 in the back of the cabinet and bounced straight back, through the same hole and to me.&nbsp; It almost seemed like if recoil hadn&#039;t twisted my hand up and to the right, the bullet would have reloaded itself.&nbsp; Later I shot the gun at a tree, bullet bounced off and hit me square in the sternum.&nbsp; I put that gun away, and haven&#039;t even seen it since that day.Steel targets need to be smooth steel, no bullet holes or bolt holes, and angled forward a bit.&nbsp; Shotguns are the worst offenders in CAS.&nbsp; It&#039;s not unusual to be hit by pellets fired from two or three stages down from you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pulp, post: 2592480, member: 14195"] Swink, Oklahoma huh? I find the bullets flattened out under the gong. I guess the bullet impact swings it out just enough to bounce the remnants straight down. The only time I've ever been hit by a bounce back was shooting into wood. I had one of those .45 caliber Philadelphia Derringers. I shot it into a old cabinet we had hauled off. Reloaded, aimed at the first bullet hole and fired. The ball bounced back and hit me in the ball of my thumb. I went down to the cabinet and found that the bullet went through the plywood door, hit a 2X4 in the back of the cabinet and bounced straight back, through the same hole and to me. It almost seemed like if recoil hadn't twisted my hand up and to the right, the bullet would have reloaded itself. Later I shot the gun at a tree, bullet bounced off and hit me square in the sternum. I put that gun away, and haven't even seen it since that day. Steel targets need to be smooth steel, no bullet holes or bolt holes, and angled forward a bit. Shotguns are the worst offenders in CAS. It's not unusual to be hit by pellets fired from two or three stages down from you. [/QUOTE]

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