Rifle at 5 yards? What is the point?
I did get hit with a piece of spall while I was shooting a pistol at steel at five yards. Jacketed rounds, not a good idea. A little piece of jacket, maybe half and inch long and a few kilometers wide stuck in my cheek, just under my eye (I was wearing glassed).
A little blood trickled down my face and the thought that hit me immediately was: “Did I just shoot myself? That’s stupid!”
Millimeters, thanks spell check.
I shot an old bowling ball once at about 10 yards with a .38 Special. The bullet (158-grain round-nosed lead) ricocheted almost straight back and I heard it buzz just over my head. OK, lesson learned, no more of that.
I shot at a target backed up with some plywood that was about 30 feet away as a kid. One of the pellets came back at me and grazed my head. Lesson learned.