Yes, bullets do fall out of the sky and hit people (pictures)

[Suck My Glock]

I don't know the where or who,...just that this was some random dude last night who caught a random falling JHP in his noggin. He survived and went home from the emergency room with a headache.

Some folks viewing these photos felt there was no way that the round dropping at terminal velocity would have enough energy to both deform on a thin human skull AND not penetrate and were calling this as fake. But it is possible the round came through a ceiling or other cover first. I don't know and don't pretend to have any explanation.

 

[blasternaz]

Usually, bullets "falling" from the sky, fall butt first. Rounds that were launched at less then vertical tend to still travel point forward for a lot longer distance then most people think possible.

 

[smithers599]

If that had been a 10mm it would have blown his head clean off!

 

[knockonit]

If that had been a 10mm it would have blown his head clean off!

naw thats the .45 acp, every one knows that :lol: :dance:

 

[BigNate]

Wow...
1) Yes... a bullet fired up into the air...will indeed "fall out of the sky..."
2) Yes... a bullet falling out of the sky can actually hit a person - if the person is in the path on which the bullet is falling...
3) I'm also one who immediately thought that the deformation of the bullet was out of line with the degree of penetration (or lack thereof)... Thanks for prompting to think about it going through something else first - like you said - a tree branch - or porch roof - or??? My thought is that the most likely scenario would be that it went through that "thing" on the way up - and deformed then - and the deformation / flattening would have reduced the penetration when it impacted the noggin...
4) Lastly - everyone knows that if it had been 10MM it would have simply vaporized his head and there would be nothing left but a stump on top of his shoulders... and if it was .45ACP it would have just freight-trained a .46" diameter hole straight down... through the head, chest, pelvis, exiting at the knee and burrying itself no less than 27" into the concrete that he was standing on... sheesh...

 

[BigNate]

OK - now when I look closer - I have real questions...

I've never seen a bullet with a band like this:



I've seen a driving band on artillery projectiles, and a cannelure on bullets at the crimp location... but what the heck is that band near the base of this bullet ... and what does it tell us about this bullet?

 

[Lobo2087]

Usually the hair burns off in the barrel so the hair band isn't there. Its only there to keep the projectile slidable in the casing when it fires so it comes out smoothly. Sorta like sliding your feet on the floor in socks you know. Probably underpowered and didn't have enough oomph to burn off the hair band.

 

[Suck My Glock]

I found it!!

It is a Remington product, a new version of the Golden Saber line, called Black Belt. It has been around for about 10 years now. https://www.handgunsmag.com/editorial/the-black-belt-remingtons-newest-defense-load/330318

 

[zonie77]

Shannon's law in AZ. A girl was killed by a bullet that hit her in the head.

The police thought it was fired from over 1/2 mile away so must have hit at an angle. I think the original reports said it "fell" out of the sky. So much for media accuracy.