Ricocheting round knocks off shooter's earmuffs - video

[Frank S]

That guy is lucky he didn't become a statistic
This compounds my arguments about safety of some range targets that are designed to swing or rotate when hit. depending on the grain and power behind the bullet the ricochet can be unpredictable. Fixed targets if that is what it was, like was explained in the video should hold a mathematically predictable path but not always. Should a bullet strike at the deformed edge of a previously fired round its return trajectory will be altered. I prefer soft penetrable targets with a berm behind them for shorter ranges and for longer ranges strategically places return path barriers with a down angle striking surface. My opinion is a bullet should be deflected down into the ground never up or to the side but even bullets deflected down if they strike at a shallow enough angle can become skip skimmers like a stone on water.