DownUnder
Well-known member
Some people don't really think through ballistics so rules are written for lowest common denominator. Squirrel in a tree could have you lobbing bullets but so could a target uphill from your shooting location (unless there was a lot more hill above the target.
Even if the bullet has slowed down, it doesn't take much energy to pop an eye and change someone's life (obviously incredibly bad luck to hit a vulnerable target that small from that far away)
Remember a story of a guy firing rounds into the water from his boat out at sea, one ricochet off the surface and flew 4-5km, through the missing back door quarter window of a car driving on a hwy and into a persons head just behind the ear, killing them instantly. Apparently if the little window was there the projectile wouldnt have had the energy to kill the driver. Bad luck can be a ***** sometimes.