Damn, that was lucky. I had a similar experience many years ago with an 8mm ball bearing that bounced back on a steel plate - though I was not struck, it did make a nice clean hole in what was then my bedroom window: https://www.spudfiles.com/download/file.php?id=4643&mode=view A foot or so to the s...

Damn, that was lucky. I had a similar experience many years ago with an 8mm ball bearing that bounced back on a steel plate - though I was not struck, it did make a nice clean hole in what was then my bedroom window: https://www.spudfiles.com/download/file.php?id=4643&mode=view A foot or so to the ...

Bounce a short distance, against the concrete wall, about 50 cm. I was about to point the gun at the target, a cardboard box with a lot of newspaper inside, and I accidentally pressed the spark gap before aiming exactly at the target, when the wall was just ahead ... Calaculo, if you shoot me at 10 ...

Fork in hell, how did that happen? Was it a ricochet or accidental discharge?

In my country, these hobby weapons are considered directly as firearms. I investigated and asked acquaintances who work in the regulation of weapons, and they tell me that I cannot carry them, nor shoot outside an officially authorized shooting range and with a psychophysical examination ... Stupid,...

That's a great response from the ATF. I don't understand and never will why some countries treat spud guns as if they were literal nuclear weapons and the people who build them as if they were literally a dangerous and violent war lord in need of immediate imprisonment. It baffles me why any governm...