Somebody just wasn't thinking.
http://rvtravel.com/nascar-bullet.shtml

As a followup, a shooter at a gun range a few miles away came forward and admitted the bullet might have come from him. Never heard if it was confirmed.

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Originally posted by Danny Z:
a shooter at a gun range a few miles away came forward and admitted the bullet might have come from him.

A few miles? Sounds like an extreme defilade situation.

Examination of the projectile will match it up to the weapon or not.

From: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localn...roundup.4acc55a.html

"Tests show bullet from man's gun hit woman

Fort Worth police on Thursday confirmed that preliminary ballistics tests indicate a stray bullet that hit a woman at Texas Motor Speedway came from a rifle shot by a 49-year-old Benbrook man.

Fort Worth police are still investigating the case. No charges have been filed against Kennith Jaramillo, said Lt. Paul Henderson, a Fort Worth police spokesman.

Mr. Jaramillo came forward Monday after hearing that Jill King Moss, 62, was hit in her arm by a .50-caliber bullet that pierced the roof of her RV on Sunday, authorities said.

Ms. Moss was taken to Harris Methodist Fort Worth Hospital; she is expected to recover from her injuries.

Mr. Jaramillo told police he was target shooting five miles away from the speedway between 10 and 11 a.m. He fired five or six rounds at a mound of dirt with his .50-caliber single-shot rifle.

Lt. Henderson said Mr. Jaramillo could face charges in the case."
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My recollection is that the .50 M2 round doesn't ricochet much off dirt. Things just kinda get out of its way.

If the ricochet story is true, the 5 mile distance is astounding. But, no two ricochets are the same.

That would be at extreme range for a .50 cal., but if it were lofted, even a spent .50 has a lot of gravitational energy.

I used to work at Butts Army Air Field on Fort Carson in Colorado where there are a number of firing ranges adjacent to the airfield. On many evenings, we would watch tracers bounce off the dirt and go nearly straight up. Maybe dirt will normally give way to the round but what is under the dirt might not give way so easily and re-direct the round. The ammo used at these ranges was anywhere from 9MM, 7.62 and up to 50 cal, so we were told. Although we never knew what they were shooting at a particular time, I'm very glad I wasn't flying through the area because the "dirt" did not always give way and was pretty good at standing its ground - so to speak. With two bullet holes in the tower cab that supposedly came from a range four miles away, I can see it happening. One hole was the size of my little finger, the other the size of my thumb.

If it weren't for past experiences, I'd say somebody was smoking something before I'd believe that woman had been hit by some guy five miles away.