Ricochet sounds after contact

[SimpleGuy]

I've shot birds with center mass shots and heard ricochet after the the contact. Can anyone relate? Just head shot a squirrel and heard same noise??

 

[madeintheuk]

Yes. Many of my pass through a with my .25 have a ricochet sound after I hit the target. Most of the reason I prefer lower power to prevent them.

 

[PumaCarl]

You didn't mention anything about, size, power, or projectile, so it's hard to know how unusual your pass-through was, but yeah, they happen.

 

[starlingassn]

if the pellet deforms and then exits,
youll get that sound,
similar to the sound you get if you shoot a penny into the air out of a slingshot

 

[Struckat]

Yes, a few weeks ago I had a 177 @ 880fps or so go through chippy and sing it’s way off into the woods.

A live target is seldom a backstop.

 

[Ezana4CE]

I hear that sound frequent enough when pellets strike tree branches. This is shooting .25 JSB King 25.39 grain domed Diabolo pellets at around 750 fps.

 

[SimpleGuy]

I hear that sound frequent enough when pellets strike tree branches. This is shooting .25 JSB King 25.39 grain domed Diabolo pellets at around 750 fps.

"I've gotten the ricochet sound when I shot a bird off a line center mass shot"

 

[GBGUNNER]

the sound a ricochet makes is because the projectile becomes deformed and begins spinning in a way that is a high pitches buzz, Passing through an animal after striking a bone or cartilage deforms the projectile. If a hollow point deforms by simply passing through meat it can sound like a ricochet if it exits the animal. tree branches do the same thing.

 

[Bobbybeef]

I have shot sparrows at 35 yards lined up and kill both 177 cal pushing 17.5 FPE

 

[Ezana4CE]

"I've gotten the ricochet sound when I shot a bird off a line center mass shot"

@SimpleGuy Interesting. I haven’t experienced this.

 

[Deleted 45061]

I hear it if there is an angle to the shot and the pellet or slug hits solid ground like decomposed granite or sandstone. Obviously that happens when I shoot up a hill too. I don't like it at all so that is why I make sure to have a good backdrop that is safe and I tend to lower the power of my airguns too. One of the reasons I don't like distance shots into the air is for the same reason I suppose, in keeping with normal firearm practices.

 

[dizzums]

that sound with an otherwise silent setup is a beautiful thing lol .. most times a projectile hits something with any mass and continues on any distance it will tumble like that ...

 

[L.Leon]

I’ve only experienced it when shooting at a downward angle where the pass through will strike the ground.