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Hdonly · April 7, 2024, 08:35 AM

A friend and I were shooting .22 lr at my range the other day. I have some hanging steel 2"targets. He fired a round and a shaving of lead hit him in the face. Just hard enough to stick and draw blood. Nothing serious BUT it could have been. Firing from about 50 yards. We think what happened is that one of the targets was still swinging from a previous shot and he may have hit the edge while the target was not facing exactly perpendicular to the bullet path. We have been using these targets for several years and this is the first time this happened. This has gotten me a little spooked now.

April 7, 2024, 08:35 AM	#1
Hdonly Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2013 Posts: 340	Steel target safety A friend and I were shooting .22 lr at my range the other day. I have some hanging steel 2"targets. He fired a round and a shaving of lead hit him in the face. Just hard enough to stick and draw blood. Nothing serious BUT it could have been. Firing from about 50 yards. We think what happened is that one of the targets was still swinging from a previous shot and he may have hit the edge while the target was not facing exactly perpendicular to the bullet path. We have been using these targets for several years and this is the first time this happened. This has gotten me a little spooked now.