AFTE Store - Buckshot Ricochet from Concrete

It has been suggested in an article that a billiard ball effect controls the action of shot pellets. This has been misinterpreted by some to be the mechanism of ricochet of these pellets; when, in fact, it talks about the movement of pellets in air or soft tissue. High Speed video at the U.S. Army Proving Ground, Yuma, Arizona was used to study pellet ricochet off of hard surfaces. Pellets of soft lead striking hard unyielding surfaces deform in the manner expected of soft pliable materials. The angle of ricochet is low. Pellets were observed to weld together.