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Hello!
I'm a newer shooter and just got my first pistol. Looking to do some outdoor shooting here soon.
I was wondering how safe it is to shoot a target that's on/in front of gravel? Anyone have experiences with ricochets when hitting gravel?
Thanks!
+1Hard rocks that WON'T break/move are the problem. When gravel breaks/moves it's absorbing/dissipating that forward energy.
Very trueOne thing you learn when shooting with silencers is that rifle and pistol rounds ricochet off grave better than you think they would. Pop..bazing...
Many commenting in this forum seem certainly satisfied to shoot in rock quarries.
I find this extremely disconcerting.
I personally don't shoot into gravel or rocks in general. Shooting at steel plates offers enough risk from ricochet although I can't think of ever having one come back at me. I did, however, take a ricochet in the stomach from a guy shooting next to me at an indoor range with hand loaded .44 magnum rounds.