Bullets you've recovered...

[P95Carry]

I have recovered many - in old club days in fact it was to recover fired lead (alloy) slugs so as to melt them down for re-casting. I did tho not too long ago do some testing of ammo on the R9 and specifically set up wetpacks for testing perprmance of some SD varieties.

The pics I took are within the two main tests .... First actual bullet recoveries, test #2 of the gun and then the next test session where I tried more ammo and repeated some tests on previous stuff.

I could post the pics here but there are several in each test. If you go visit - take the links that'll show you the ''expansion tests''.

 

[lbmii]

I recoved these 40 S&W 180 grain Remington Wal Mart Bulk Pack JHP that I fired at a soft rich black dirt target backstop at about 55 yards.

 

[griz]

The first picture is of fragments from varmit bullets fired into wet pack. The second is a couple game bullets, and a 9mm Winchester Silvertip from wet pack, and a piece of buckshot from a deer. The last is 158 grain RNFP bullets from wet pack.

 

[TechBrute]

Here's the bullet that was "recovered" from JFK.

 

[Sisco]

Here's the bullet that was "recovered" from JFK.

From Oswalds gun or the Grassy Knoll Guys gun?

 

[Matt G]

You know, I thought of the Oswald bullet when I looked at Hank B's .375 bullet that he recovered after it had traversed almost an entire buffalo at 2500 fps.

It's sometimes amazing how a recovered bullet can look ready to be reloaded and fired again.

That said, when viewed head-on, the 6.5mm bullet is seen to be far from pristine.

Whether Oswald acted alone or was just "the patsy," the fact that the bullet is whole proves nothing.

 

[musher]

Ok, I'll bite. (btw, how do you get your photos to thumbnail in the post?)

Here's a 210 nosler .338 after traversing a caribou lengthwise. Went in between the antlers just behind the head, destroyed about 6" of vertebrae and stopped under the skin next to the exhaust port (technical term is apparently censored).

Here's a .40 hydroshock (155) after stopping in water

And a .380 hydroshock (90? I think) after stopping in water

And, not mine, but a buddy's mushroom collection after shooting up an expired IIa vest. Clockwise from the top: FMJ, JHP, Lead all .40's

 

[JohnKSa]

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[JSR]

Heres a 135 gr Nosler,fired from my XD40 into a clay bank approx 25 yds away. I'm not sure what it hit but it landed 6 inchs in front of me, rolled up and tapped the toe of my boot. If it would have tapped my forehead hard enough to draw blood,I probably would have died of heart failure,thinking I'd just shot myself. Theres probably a little dirt in there but it still weighs 135.1 grs.

 

[Badbunny]

9mm Sellier&Bellot FMJ vs. Lapua 7,62x39mm

Seems to me both sides took some damage.

I shot the case with my glock from approx. 70 meters out, it took me three shots to hit it, but then again it was pitch black, so I had to use the Jedi technique, which I have not yet completely mastered. Sometimes I mistake flatulence as disturbances in the Force.

 

[TechBrute]

I shot the case with my glock from approx. 70 meters out, it took me three shots to hit it, but then again it was pitch black, so I had to use the Jedi technique, which I have not yet completely mastered.

 

[Dan the Man]

Three Woodleigh 480 grain--two solids and a soft, recovered from a Cape Buffalo. Impact velocity of about 2000 fps. The soft expanded to almost 1" diameter. Talk about a wound channel!

Regards
--Dan

 

[JackDRipper]

9mm and 5.7x28 shot into fir boards and milk jug.
JR

 

[why_me]

pics

Here is a picture of a .40 going thru 2 3 inch telephone books (dry)
And next to that is a target of UBL at 25 feet

 

[Randy in Arizona]

Years ago I had access to a large sand dune as a backstop. I'd back off half a mile to a mile and lob high power rifle rounds into it. The recovered bullets were almost undamaged by the impact. Don't know if I still have them or not.

Most worrisome bullet I ever recovered was a .40 caliber slug that was wedged into the gap between two boards in a fence across the alley from my house.

 

[peacefuljeffrey]

One time, my friend and I brought some firewood out to the Calverton outdoor shooting range on Long Island (they'd let you shoot at virtually anything out there, it seemed... or maybe they didn't notice).

I fired some Speer Lawman TMJ in .40 cal. at the wood, then took the wood home and pried three or four bullets out of it. Utterly undeformed. I put one of them inside a Monkey's Fist knot and made it into a necklace.

My dealer up there showed me a Black Talon that had been fired into some kind of jugs of water. It was COOL! Those claws reared back that way... Oh man. I just hadda get some! (And I did!)

-Jeffrey

 

[model 649]

Cool thread! Here are some Montana Gold 180gr. JHP's recovered from slain bowling pins. Note the bit of "pin blood" on the far left bullet. Also note the "pin meat" or bite of the Surlyn cover retained by the HP. I kill bowling pins weekly, shouldn't you? Remember, a standing pin is no friend of yours and must be put to the floor quickly.
Josh

 

[P95Carry]

Josh - agreed - a standing pin is, well - just a threat that needs neutralized!

I shoot pins weekly but this is a winter thing indoors with .22's ...... and even then, the pins do not have a very long life! On occasions when a few of us warm up the 9mm's or .45's etc - the pins really suffer - fast!!

Thinking of yours being slammed with .40's - well - don't they break apart awful quick??

 

[nitesite]

I recovered these after they penetrated four-layers of heavy denim and were captured in gallon water jugs.

Taurus Hex, Winchester White Box 230-gr JHP, Speer Gold Dot 230-gr, Remington Express 230-gr JHP.

9mm 147-gr Black Talon, 124 gr Gold Dot, Fed EFMJ, WWB JHP, Rem 115-gr +P+

 

[Kevlarman]

Yow, that Taurus Hex bullet looks like it would make a nasty wound!

 

[M2 Carbine]

I test bullet expansion using a gallon water jug backed up by a box of rags to trap the bullet, so I've got many of them. Here's a few.

Kel Tec 32
L to R
Federal Hydroshock
FMJ
Hornady XTP
Speer Gold Dot
Bottom- Cor Bon



M1 Carbine



Kel Tec 380

 

[armoredman]

...backed up by a box of rage...

Not to sure if I want to see that box, or not....

 

[model 649]

Well, P95, Those rounds came out my 10mm, but running in the low nine's. My tuning is almost enough to push them through the pin(for most push transfer and least muzzle rise with my limited-class gun). We shoot indoors, too, but all year round with a plate match first of each month. The pins do fairly well for maybe 6-8 good hits(tough little critters). They don't like the big magnums at this match. You should see the sawdust cloud when a .38 super whacks them! A sharp little jet of the stuff comes out (as the pin shrieks with agony!). About the most fun I have with a handgun.
Josh

 

[P95Carry]

Haha Josh - sadist!! Of course - I should have included 10mm as an obvious alternative option ... tend to forget it now, which I shouldn't.

End of last year - caseydog, anapex, GWG, RevDisk etc - all had a shoot local to here with me, and several pins that were retired from.22 assault found their way to the outdoor range.

That meant open season . Which included .308. 454 etc ... boy did that hurt the lil' buggers See below

 

[longrifleman]

Both recovered from whitetail bucks, both shot from the front with the bullet under the hide on the flank. Both penetrated about 24" of innards measured as the bullet flies. The round ball was fired from about 25 yds farther away than the .30-30.