tomhw100 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Hey guys Me and my mate are having a discussion:Would a piece of FALLING shot chip or smash a car windscreen (i'm not condoning shooting at roads by the way) i personally think it wont as it has lost most of its power by the time its falling-thats why its falling!. and when your in the beaters line and you get a stray bit fall on you it doesn't really hurt. obviously distances and height all come into it i was just looking for a general answer . cheers Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 no more than a bit of hailstone would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 won't do anything, feels like light rain if it falls on your head so no reason it should break toughened glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Falling shot while it may not hurt anyone/thing physically, could loose you your ticket. that's damage enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reaper6 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Falling shot while it may not hurt anyone/thing physically, could loose you your ticket.that's damage enough. that would seriously hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanl50 Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 Dont look up Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
night owl Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I have tried shooting a car windscreen before with a 12 flb air rifle using logun penatraters with the permission of the farmer who was standing next to me and nothing happend no chips or even a scratch . however the side windows did not like it at all so falling shot will do nothing to the windsreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aldous Huxley Posted February 9, 2010 Report Share Posted February 9, 2010 I have tried shooting a car windscreen before with a 12 flb air rifle using logun penatraters with the permission of the farmer who was standing next to me and nothing happend no chips or even a scratch . however the side windows did not like it at all so falling shot will do nothing to the windsreen My friend reading physics said this was down to the angles and how the momentum/power was deflected rather than absorbed by the glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 As above, shot will just feel like hailstones. Unless you're looking up in the air, you'll end up with a painful eye for half an hour or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 What if the car is traveling at 50/60mph & falling shot hit the cars windscreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 (edited) What if the car is traveling at 50/60mph & falling shot hit the cars windscreen Then the person who pulled the trigger will get a visit from the plod. I get the feeling your view on life is that the glass is 'half empty' Edited February 10, 2010 by harfordwmj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookbones Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 (edited) my old boss took out the screen on a new rangerover sport with falling shot... it was in a high cock pheasant at the time. he payed cash on the spot to sort it then reversed over his own gun.... not his best day in the field !!! theres more than 1 pessimist drowned in a half empty glass.. Edited February 10, 2010 by hookbones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 my old boss took out the screen on a new rangerover sport with falling shot... it was in a high cock pheasant at the time. he payed cash on the spot to sort it then reversed over his own gun.... not his best day in the field !!! theres more than 1 pessimist drowned in a half empty glass.. I don't like to sound pesimistic but unless he is the unluckiest person on the planet there is no chance of a pheasant load breaking a toughened laminated windscreen that is sitting at a severe angle to the vertical. Of course a direct shot would break it just not a falling one. Also it wouldn't break a car screen if it was driving along it would sound far less than a chip from a stone. When you're beating it is usual to have falling shot hit you and it is considerably more gentle than hail. At my mums it is pretty usual to have shot falling on her conservatory and thats never been damaged sounds just like rain falling on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Some years back while camping at Weston Park we were in the line of one of the sporting shoots so quite a few cars got showered with shot, not that frequently but still they did get quite a few marks left by the lead, but there was no damage other than that. They have since moved the camp site a bit further away That would of course have been 7.5 shot now if they would have been allot larger then we may have been looking at small indents in the body work but i doubt it would have broken windows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 What if the car is traveling at 50/60mph & falling shot hit the cars windscreen Has any one had a smashed window from a passing gritter lorry ( assuming of course it is grit size ) I am sure the grit is heavier than 7.5 shot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markio Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 On sunday i took a shot at an incomming overhead pigeon, i shot directly up/vertical (not on purposes, just by chance how the shot presented itself) and a few seconds later the shot came raining back down directly on and around me, it was so light. Obviously in this instance it's just gravity power and i can't see anyway that would have had any affect on anything it came into contact with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottsy boy Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 at my local cley ground if you park in a certain place on the car park your car will be coverd in falling shot it does nothing i have stood there talking to another person and just put up with it ehile we had a convo.. i bet a bit in the eye would cause a bit of irritation though.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZ550Kevlar Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 I have seen someone shooting on a neighbouring permission with size 6 carts and shooting towards the farmers house about 250ish yards away, at the end of the day the shooter had to go to the farmers house get a ladder and scoop all the lead shot from the gutters around his conservatory and clean the drainage channels out on the farmers car parked infront, never seen him get a windown broken yet, just sounds like hailstones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougy Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 I have seen someone shooting on a neighbouring permission with size 6 carts and shooting towards the farmers house about 250ish yards away, at the end of the day the shooter had to go to the farmers house get a ladder and scoop all the lead shot from the gutters around his conservatory and clean the drainage channels out on the farmers car parked infront, never seen him get a windown broken yet, just sounds like hailstones. And i bet he got loads of his shot out of the gutter, LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 the scrap value isn't going to be much :lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbird Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Then the person who pulled the trigger will get a visit from the plod. I get the feeling your view on life is that the glass is 'half empty' My view on life is not the glass is "HALF EMPTY" MATE I consider my self as a safe shooter thats all, the last thing I want is to hurt or damage any thing when I am out shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 My view on life is not the glass is "HALF EMPTY" MATE I consider my self as a safe shooter thats all, the last thing I want is to hurt or damage any thing when I am out shooting. What if I fired a shot at 45 degrees and all of a sudden there was a freak storm which dragged the shot into a whirlwind and a minute later flung it towards a motorway with cars averaging 75 mph? Do I sound optimistic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hookbones Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 I don't like to sound pesimistic but unless he is the unluckiest person on the planet there is no chance of a pheasant load breaking a toughened laminated windscreen that is sitting at a severe angle to the vertical. Of course a direct shot would break it just not a falling one. Also it wouldn't break a car screen if it was driving along it would sound far less than a chip from a stone. When you're beating it is usual to have falling shot hit you and it is considerably more gentle than hail. At my mums it is pretty usual to have shot falling on her conservatory and thats never been damaged sounds just like rain falling on it. the shot was in a bird at the time..it was the bird that hit the screen n it left a spiderweb fracture in the glass rather than shattering the whole lot... the biggest hole was in his wallet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted February 10, 2010 Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 aaah that makes more sense and one thing even had he been insured with BASC they wouldn't have paid out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhw100 Posted February 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2010 Its exactly what i thought all along just had to make sure cheers fella's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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