Posted on 01/27/2018 10:32:15 AM PST by marktwain
In October 2016, two men were target shooting in rural New York. They were sighting in rifles for the upcoming deer season.
They could see about a thousand feet, but there was no obvious backstop on the flat ground. They had two .308 Winchester rifles, a Del-Ton AR, and a pistol. It was about 4 p.m.
Almost half a mile away, unseen, Kevin Flannery was mowing a lane on his property. A picture taken a year later shows tall ground cover on either side of the lane. Flannery could not be seen from the position of the shooters.
Flannery apparently moved in and out of the beaten zone of the rifle shooters as they zeroed in their rifles. The bullets traversed tall grass and weeds before reaching the lane Flannery was mowing.
Flannery's mower, then Flannery were hit. Flannery was critically wounded. It took months for him to recovery after being hit with a high powered rifle round. He lost 40 pounds while recovering from surgery in the hospital.
PARMA, N.Y. (WROC-TV) Police have arrested two suspects in relation to a shooting in Parma that happened on Tuesday.
Police responded around 4:45 p.m. to Moul Road for a report of a man who was shot in the abdomen while working on his property.
Police say as they responded, they could hear shots being fired in the distance. Deputies located the shooters, Ryan G. Pellman, 34, of Greece and Matthew E. Rodgers, 35, of Hilton in an area behind and to the west of North Avenue.
Pellman and Rodgers were allegedly shooting paper targets without the use of a backdrop.
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I target shoot at my local sportsman’s club.
He ought to sue them for everything they have and they should never be allowed to touch a firearm again.
Because some folks are just too stupid to shoot.
If shooting fairly low, the bullet ought to hit the ground closer. If it is still in flight for one second while holding higher, it may be 2500-3000 ft away when it first hits the ground.
If it then bounces off, it can travel further, repeating, until it runs out of velocity.
Obviously no backstop will work if accidental discharge at a elevated angle or simply having the sights set too high to begin with
Mostly shoot as if your Son, daughter or best friend is standing somewhere downrange, and take steps to prevent your rounds from reaching them by having adequate barriers in between.
Thats a good one. :-D
No they are actually from southern Jersey. More red neck than “Family”.
Good conservatives too.
After the last election they were screaming about idiots from up north bringing their politics south.
Good people.
It is not OK to shoot into the woods, it is OK to shoot against the side of a bluff. In both cases the horizon is obscured.
“First rule of shooting at targets - ensure that there is a solid, 100 percent reliable backstop. Like a hillside, dirt pile, concrete wall, etc.”
Good post. I have a rifle range on my land and use it often. It is 16 feet tall. Behind my rifle range is 3000 feet of range land. We hunt on my land but there are some houses within 400 yards of my land. Most hunting shots are taken from an stand and thus pointing into the ground. There is zero chances of a bad shot that could cause harm. Rarely a shot is taken from a bench and it is only taken if a miss would land on the range land. Since we are shooting a flat trajectory in all probability the miss would land on my land and not the range land behind my house. Anything that would be in the trajectory of any homes those many yards away is a forbidden shot. From my bench to the deer feeder is toward open range land.
I am very skilled at shooting and the three people that are allowed to hunt on my land are equally skilled if not superior to my skills. We have been hunting on my land for 12 years. Each deer taken has been one shot one kill. We are ethical hunters. If we pull the trigger it will die painlessly. The kill shot is right behind the ear at rather short range. The deer drop on the spot and do not even know what happened.
They taste delicious.
Stupid people. Should be charged with negligent manslaughter. Or more. This wouldn’t happen if we had mandatory rifle training in schools.
Dayum, I would have hit the deck as you don't know if those dips would have gotten pist off at being yelled at and tried to take those guys out.
The shooters were incredibly stupid and negligent. I wonder why the victim didn’t have a clue - you can tell when something like a .308 is shooting your way and it should cause enough concern to make one want to clear the way - had to tell some neighbors to stop shooting a few years back because part of my property was in their line and I was out tending to it...they were firing .22s but at 200 yards 9with brush in between) I could tell they were firing in the general direction.
I believe he had on hearing protection because of the lawn mower he was riding. The mower was hit before he was. He said he heard a “tink” when it was hit. The shooters were almost a half mile away.
The responders said they could hear distant gunfire.
A bunch of years ago myself and two buddies were rabbit hunting a wooded area that turned into a line of fire by some knucklehead who set up a target in a field behind his house.....We got out of there fast then stopped at his house to remind him about safe shooting.
Sorry deal all the way around.
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