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birdshot · April 21, 2013, 03:29 PM

I was trained to use a hard surface for bullet redirections. If you fire a projectile into a hard surface plane at an acute angle the bullet does not bounce off as a billard ball bankshot, but instead parallels the plane from 6 to twelve inches out. Applications were for shooting under cars or down a wall when it was not prudent to raise your head.

April 21, 2013, 03:29 PM	#20
birdshot Senior Member Join Date: January 17, 2008 Location: north platte nebraska Posts: 344	acute angles up to 45 or so degrees I was trained to use a hard surface for bullet redirections. If you fire a projectile into a hard surface plane at an acute angle the bullet does not bounce off as a billard ball bankshot, but instead parallels the plane from 6 to twelve inches out. Applications were for shooting under cars or down a wall when it was not prudent to raise your head.