I had a couple of interesting conversations today, both about guns. This was a bit unusual as this is not a regular topic for me and in fact it was one discussion just after the other.

Sharpshooting

It started with a colleague and I just chatting ideally after a meeting.  Turns out he is an International Practical Shooting Confederation black badge instructor.

He shared a video of him shooting through a course that looked just like a first person shooter video game only it was real.  Wow, impressive.

Bullets

Shortly after I was part of another conversation with a colleague who shared an interesting experience they had this weekend.

On Saturday at around 3:00 am they were awoken by a noise.  On investigation all seemed fine and it was back to sleep.

In the morning glass crunched undefoot as they entered the kitchen. The cause was a bullet hole in the window.  The bullet crossed the kitchen and lodged itself in the door opposite the window.

The police were summoned and a full CSI was conducted, over several hours.  The police officer noted this type of incident was rarer than a lightening strike.  Comforting.

It is not clear of the cause but unempeeded bullets can travel great distances.  If shot upward and sideways they can travel in a parabolic curved path, while ultimately assisted by gravity it will come down.

Again wow.  Today I recieved some very interesting information shares,  I guess the unexpected occurs more often than you might expect.