Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away

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Conspiracy theorists will be all over this since there as been renewed, albeit early and informal, non-discussion that was going nowhere of ordinary French citizens being able to own firearms for self-defense.

Must have been _some_ boar.
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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away

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CDFingers wrote:Most unusual. I sure would like to know the round being used--still lethal after bouncing off the boar's shoulder armor, travelling two kliks, then going through a window.

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Indeed. I thought SP rounds were meant to prevent ricochets. Wait, ricochet IS a French word...

ric·o·chet noun \ˈri-kə-ˌshā, British also -ˌshet\

Def 1: something (such as a bullet or stone) that ricochets off a surface
Def 2: to shoot at and miss, esp. when French.

Pierre tried to stop the German invasion, but he only brought his ricochet bullets.
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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away

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Surplus steel core ammo? Maybe? Perhaps a couple hundred yards away but at that distance I don't think so. Boars do have some tough points bone wise but you hit a shoulder they usually tear up whatever hits it. I have seen a Bears shoulder (real close to a pig structure wise) not get penetrated by an arrow and glance off but not a bullet unless the old guy was shooting at the moon and taking a Hail Mary shot.
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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away

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rltriumph wrote:Surplus steel core ammo? Maybe? Perhaps a couple hundred yards away but at that distance I don't think so. Boars do have some tough points bone wise but you hit a shoulder they usually tear up whatever hits it. I have seen a Bears shoulder (real close to a pig structure wise) not get penetrated by an arrow and glance off but not a bullet unless the old guy was shooting at the moon and taking a Hail Mary shot.
this is the most realistic scenario. :yes:
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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away

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The scenario I could imagine would be slightly glancing shot at the shoulder from something like a magnum rifle cartridge. Still the velocity loss and the tumbling makes a terminal would unlikely. Unless the motorist crashes their car and does from the injuries sustained from the crash..

There are sure to be some interesting testimony on ballistics at THAT trial.
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