On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:18:39 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Although a bullet will bounce at a shallow angle from water or sand, I
doubt it is possible for a 180 degree bounce to happen. OK, it is
"possible" but it is probably more likely you will get hit by a
meteorite twice.

Think corner reflector, it takes a double bounce from a 90 degree
angle.

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:57:30 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:18:39 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Although a bullet will bounce at a shallow angle from water or sand, I
doubt it is possible for a 180 degree bounce to happen. OK, it is
"possible" but it is probably more likely you will get hit by a
meteorite twice.

Think corner reflector, it takes a double bounce from a 90 degree
angle.

Geez, it's like nobody here ever shot some pool.
If you can make it bounce, you can do anything.

--Vic

On Nov 16, 6:26 pm, Vic Smith wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:57:30 -0500, Wayne.B

wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 08:18:39 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Although a bullet will bounce at a shallow angle from water or sand, I
doubt it is possible for a 180 degree bounce to happen. OK, it is
"possible" but it is probably more likely you will get hit by a
meteorite twice.

Think corner reflector, it takes a double bounce from a 90 degree
angle.

Geez, it's like nobody here ever shot some pool.
If you can make it bounce, you can do anything.

--Vic

Shooting at ice, weird concept, I mean the part about ice being
outisde of ones freezer.
Yur not gonna get a 180 reflection of a bullet from liquid water, not
gonna happen.
Yes, being an optics guy, I know bout corner reflectors.

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:19:42 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

Shooting at ice, weird concept, I mean the part about ice being
outisde of ones freezer.

Yes, you could really make a mess of your drink that way.

On Nov 16, 9:22 pm, Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:19:42 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch

wrote:
Shooting at ice, weird concept, I mean the part about ice being
outisde of ones freezer.

Yes, you could really make a mess of your drink that way.

Us Florida natives who rarely see ice outside of iced tea all had this
mental image of someone shooting at someones tea glass.
Srsly, I wonder how may generations it will take for people shooting
up in the air to give us some perspective on Darwinism.
So, nobody can think of any real reasons not to target shoot at sea?
It seems to me that this would be safer than on land as I can be
certain there is nobody within bullet range whereas on land you never
know if that is true. (OK, perhaps there are Ninja scuba divers out
there).

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:28:38 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

So, nobody can think of any real reasons not to target shoot at sea?
It seems to me that this would be safer than on land as I can be
certain there is nobody within bullet range whereas on land you never
know if that is true. (OK, perhaps there are Ninja scuba divers out
there).

As long as you've got a clear horizon in all directions I can't see
why not. I think the biggest risk is someone filing a gunfire report
with the gendarmes or an accidental discharge in an unfortunate
direction.

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:28:38 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

So, nobody can think of any real reasons not to target shoot at sea?
It seems to me that this would be safer than on land as I can be
certain there is nobody within bullet range whereas on land you never
know if that is true. (OK, perhaps there are Ninja scuba divers out
there).



Spend all your time looking for really dumb things to do, eh? Why would
you want to discharge firearms on the water? What are you shooting at,
the horizon?

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:53:48 -0500, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:28:38 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

So, nobody can think of any real reasons not to target shoot at sea?
It seems to me that this would be safer than on land as I can be
certain there is nobody within bullet range whereas on land you never
know if that is true. (OK, perhaps there are Ninja scuba divers out
there).

As long as you've got a clear horizon in all directions I can't see
why not. I think the biggest risk is someone filing a gunfire report
with the gendarmes

I guess the question I have is why you would call France to report a
firearms discharge.

or an accidental discharge in an unfortunate direction.

One of our hay fields is a natural berm at a pretty good angle and we
use that all the time for target practice.

I don't think I've ever seen a ricochet from shooting although it's
possible.