they are good story's but in actual fact they don't know how or where the ricochet came from
the young bloke was with his mates who were setting up and had not fired a shot, he was at the back of them behind the firing line
he was hit in the chest with something that was not ever found, the closest shooter was about 10 benches from him
lots of bullcrap about the incident by everyone, the ssaa included, he was airlifted to melbourne hospital after a doctor on site checked him out and said he was getting cold and clammy, that apparently indicated internal bleeding although the wound looked exactly like a paintball injury, a circle of grazing
there was no wound apart from grazing in the shape of a circle about the size of a 10 cent piece, very suspicious
the ssaa sent the bill for the helicopter and doctor to the young bloke who's father sought legal advise and it just wasn't heard of again
entry gives insurance whether you are a member or not
the incident gave a very vigorously zealous chief range officer the opportunity to bring in his new safer rules
when I asked him about the 200 meters and why the cowboys can shoot steel at 7 meters his words were "the guys in sub clubs are better shots and are not idiots like on the main range" at that time he was given free run to appease the LRD,
there was a meeting where a very clued in bloke from the military rifle club who had over 35 years experience with designing tanks and dealing with ricochets in the army was a spokes person, after he had his say and left the RO's were told to forget everything he said by the then facility's manager
so there you have it, the cowboys can shoot steel at 7 meters but the public are set at 200 meters
if you ever get the chance go and watch the cowboys, a bit of fun but they have a lot of ricochets at 7 meters