BACK SPATTER OR “BLOWBACK”
- When a bullet strikes a target, some high force impact spatter
may be directed back toward the gun that fired the shot. This is
known as “back spatter”- If the bullet exits its target, a larger amount of high force impact
spatter may be directed in the same direction as the bullet. This
is known as “forward spatter”.- The amount of high force impact spatter created will depend
upon the size or caliber of the bullet fired, as well as the distance
from the gun to the target. The larger the bullet, or projectile, the
greater the spatter. The closer to the target that the gun is fired…
the great the spatter.

