Jim
05-06-2011, 07:40 PM
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
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