Clearly, "ricocheted of a boar" is the french for "was cleaning my gun".investigators have been left mystified
Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away
2Conspiracy 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.
Must have been _some_ boar.
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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away
3Most 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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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away
4Indeed. I thought SP rounds were meant to prevent ricochets. Wait, ricochet IS a French word...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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ric·o·chet noun \ˈri-kə-ˌshā, British also -ˌshet\
Def 1: something (such as a bullet or stone) that ricochets off a surface
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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away
5Sounds like a negligent discharge and an old guy trying to cover his ass.
From the article, they said the bullet ricocheted off a hog at a 90 degree angle, before traveling 1.25 miles, going through the window, and killing the motorist.
They are investigating, but the ol' BS meter says something else happened.
From the article, they said the bullet ricocheted off a hog at a 90 degree angle, before traveling 1.25 miles, going through the window, and killing the motorist.
They are investigating, but the ol' BS meter says something else happened.
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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away
6Surplus 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
7this is the most realistic scenario.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.
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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away
8Bounced off a boar....
That's their story and they're sticking to it.
That's their story and they're sticking to it.
Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away
9"Il a ricoché sur un sanglier" = "Je nettoyais mon fusil"fknauss wrote:Clearly, "ricocheted of a boar" is the french for "was cleaning my gun".investigators have been left mystified
Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away
10The 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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Re: Bullet ricochets off boar, kills motorist 2km away
11I dunno guys, this smells like boarshit to me.
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