And never ever shoot without good shooting glasses. However, if you can make your way to the laundry room, that 14-pound box of kitty litter could save your life, as long as you hold it so the bullet has to travel the long way through. You would be in serious trouble if you got hit in the head, neck or face with even a low powered hit/ricochet.īe careful out there.

Also hit by 223 and 9mm ricochet when shooting at steel objects, not targets. I have been hit by shot before too, but it totally hurt because my dick friend was shooting a 410 at me. OTOH, shot at an angle, especially a low angle could be deadly or would at least cause an injury. Guesstimate 32ft/s per second X 5 seconds = 160 fps (and would be butt first, still stabilized) = easily caught. However, if a 168 grain 30 cal bullet was shot straight up, Im pretty sure you could safely catch it in your hand. Secondary injury can develop minutes or even months after the primary injury. And a low angle shot is totally different.I would say it certainly would be dangerous. Spontaneous migration of a falling bullet in the cerebellum reveals the. roof edge, clawing madly to keep from sliding on the steep roof, then falling. Maybe a heavier bullet is more dangerous. A pistol bullet would penetrate several inches of pine at that distance. When I was a kid and we were dove hunting bird shot rained down on us lots of times.It was no more dangerous than rain. I've heard somebody on the radio say 'A bullet comes down as fast as it was going when it was fired up, it's physics.' And apparently that's a fairly common belief. If you fall into this category, and as long as the rifle is unloaded with the action open and the muzzle is pointed in a safe direction and away from people, carrying it upright, muzzle towards the truck roof, simply makes good sense and can go a long way towards preventing damage to your rifle that can affect its accuracy.

Can a falling bullet penetrate a roof