Steel Targets on WMA?

[No2sc2]

Well a park ranger down in LaGrange told us we couldn't shoot a pumpkin with a buddy of mine's new FAL because it would cause ricochets. Don't think they allow steel targets down there anyway, though with the general IQ of the majority of shooters down there I feel it isn't a huge loss, the guy setting up the .22 spinner target at 10 feet was a clue that there might be wisdom in disallowing steel targets.

Ammo bouncing off a pumpkin? Thats odd....

 

[Kain8719]

Ammo bouncing off a pumpkin? Thats odd....

Not exactly what I said in response, but I suppose he had read about growth hormones in plants and thought it was making them stronger. Of course it a pumpkin can stop a .308 from 50 yards out, well then I guess we are making body armor out of the wrong thing.

 

[Joe_Atlanta]

Probably concerned that the pumpkin could deflect the flight of the bullet (not really a ricochet) enough to get it over the berm.