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Originally posted by snoris:
In general:

Shooting through a windshield from outside the car—- bullet deflects downward

Shooting through a windshield from inside the car—-bullet deflects upward

Shooting at a downward angle off of flooring or concrete—-bullet does not bounce up at the same angle, but will somewhat “hug” the surface.

Several articles exist to back this up, I’ll find the links and post them if asked to do so.

Thank you... I've taken 2 classes where we worked out of a car and were required to shoot through the windshield. (All but 2 of us were LEO's). When the instructor told us (in the first class) that we all called BS. He then demonstrated and we all also shot it ourselves. It seems counter intuitive but that is exactly what happened.

From what I can see in the video the only thing he was going to accurately hit was the roof of the house behind the thug, if he was lucky. He should be fired for cause immediately...

quote:

Originally posted by snoris:
In general:

Shooting through a windshield from outside the car—- bullet deflects downward

Shooting through a windshield from inside the car—-bullet deflects upward

Shooting at a downward angle off of flooring or concrete—-bullet does not bounce up at the same angle, but will somewhat “hug” the surface.

Several articles exist to back this up, I’ll find the links and post them if asked to do so.

Awesome, that's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.