Ice and AEG's

Ok, I jokingly posted about shooting icicles with your AEG in reference to the film A Christmas Story in our last post.  Then I thought about it.  Not long enough to realize it was a bad idea mind you, but I thought about it.

Then I went and grabbed my goggles, my AEG and a half full mag and tried it.  What do you know? It works!  It's good target practice, but a bad idea.  Here's why:

When you shoot from the front any miss will hit your house, and if the siding is cold the bbs may damage it (vinyl in particular does not like cold).  A ricochet is also quite possible, even if you hit the ice (wear your goggles if you are playing with your AEG!).  If you are shooting from the side, the bbs are moving in an upward arc, and may be deflected in dangerous directions.  Particularly thick ice will take many rounds to crack enough to break and fall.  And that is a lot of bbs going in random directions.

So, in parting;  It's a bad idea that works.  We tried it out for you, don't go do it!  It's like mythbusters - don't try this at home.