.223 Casing Trajectory Lesson

Jingles bought a new shootin' iron (a Stainless Winchester .30-30 lever) and we took it out to sight it in at the rifle range near Lake City...
Got there pretty early on Sunday morning... Had the place pretty much to ourselves.
Just 2 other guys from St. Augustine working on a .300 WinMag and a .270 doing technical adjustments prior to heading out this week for hunting season.

I set up the spotting scope with Brandon (Jingles boy) on my left shooting my Bushmaster M4gery, and Jingles on my right flinging lead at a target out at 100 yards...

As I called out hits to Jingles, Brandon was plugging away with the .223 at a target about 50 yards out and having a good old time. As we were narrowing the hits with the .30-30, Brandon decided to change up and shoot my Mini 14 Ranch...
Now, the M4gery flings casings at a 90 degree angle out and about 60 degrees up... and they go a good distance. The Mini...well... it's a little different.
They go 45 degrees up and about 40 degrees back...

Guess who was heads-down over the spotting scope when the first round went off,
and who now has a .223 circle punched in the flesh over his left eyebrow?


Ouch ouch ouch!

Remember kids...
Always wear eye protection.

TBG- ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE
(post edited 12/11 for minor dyslexic screwup.)