Boolits do weird things

[Jim]

I shot my .303 a little bit yesterday. I found the two boolits below when I was done. They're 316299s. The top one was just about to come out the back of a Poplar post that my target board is fastened to. I had to dig it out with my pocket knife.

The bottom one went through a 8 inch section of Knotty pine that I shot at just for kicks and giggles. It skidded to a stop about four feet behind the log. Both pieces of wood were cut back in November.

I realize that Poplar is a bit harder than Knotty pine, but not by much. It just seems weird that one would totally mushroom and stop in about 5 inches of wood and the other would go through about 8 inches of wood barely deformed.

Go figure.

http://fgsp.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/photos-0021-e1304724486863.jpg

[GP100man]

Jim

Did 1 go with the grain & 1 against ???

That is a dramatic difference !!!

[Jim]

Both boolits went through the side of each piece of wood, almost dead center.

[Johnch]

Water content of the wood maybe

Bet the poplar was wet

Had someting like that happen to me , but with the 223

I was shooting 2 liter pop bottles , using Nosler 50 gr Balist tip bullets
Shoot a water filled pop bottle
No exit , bullet fragments in the bottom of the bottle and the back blown out
A paper target 5' behind would either be untouched or just some fragments

But when I shot a dry 7-8" dia white ash fire wood chunk
There would be a exit and a perfict 22 cal hole in the paper

John

[Jim]

I dunno, John, could be. Like I said, the Poplar and the Knotty Pine were both cut back in November.

[1Shirt]

You probably have female boolits that have a mind of their own and will do what they want!
1Shirt!:coffee: