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TX: Texas man shoots armadillo, gets hit in face by bullet ricochet
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"An East Texas man was wounded after he fired a gun at an armadillo in his yard and the bullet ricocheted back to hit him in his face, the county sheriff said on Friday."
"Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe said the man, who was not identified, went outside his home in Marietta, southwest of Texarkana, at around 3 a.m. on Thursday morning. He spotted the armadillo on his property and opened fire."
"'His wife was in the house. He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo,' Rowe said."
"The animal's hard shell deflected at least one of three bullets, which then struck the man's jaw, he said." ... |
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kangpc
(8/3/2015)
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If the bullet did ricochet off the armadillo and not some rock or other hard object, the man may have been shooting wadcutters, which have minimal power and are not designed for penetration.
I'd hate to imagine what would happen to me if I decided to go out and shoot at an animal at 3 a.m. |
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