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exploding bullets on impact...is this real or are people guessing?
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1760053" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>Your situation is similar to something I have experienced. When shotgun slug loads with sabots first came on the scene, we were all using one from accompany named BRI. It was a hard-cast lead slug, shaped like an hour glass, and they were 50 caliber in the 12-gauge load. When we shot on gusty days, they often broke in half on the way to the target. We attributed this to the sabots somehow not falling off a the same time, because sometimes we would only find one half of the sabot laying there on the snow out in front of the shooting bench. We saw a few bullet holes that were silhouettes of the hourglass shape, and a few that were obviously halves of those bullets.</p><p></p><p>I have also shot at prairie dogs that were screened by vegetation, and in my case it was the stalks of wild poppies. If these stalks happened to get blown in front of the path of the bullets, all sorts of crazy things happened. Once it was three PD's all standing on the mound, and my buddy shot a the one in the center. The poppy stems got in the way, and all three of the animals exploded at once ! What a show that was - wish I had it on video.</p><p></p><p>Lastly, I also had an experience with a 40-grain .224" bullet that was meant for the 22 Hornet. We trued them in the 22-250. I don't know how fast they were going, but it was fast enough to make them come unraveled on the way to the target. A couple of times we saw a puff of smoke just ahead of the muzzle of the rifle, but the only time anything hit the target was when we had moved it in close ( 25-yards ) just to see what was going down-range. The wholes in the paper showed that it was just pieces of bullets. Nothing was anything like a round hole. It was one of those bullets with the really thin jacket, and my rough-throated rifle was tearing them apart.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1760053, member: 109113"] Your situation is similar to something I have experienced. When shotgun slug loads with sabots first came on the scene, we were all using one from accompany named BRI. It was a hard-cast lead slug, shaped like an hour glass, and they were 50 caliber in the 12-gauge load. When we shot on gusty days, they often broke in half on the way to the target. We attributed this to the sabots somehow not falling off a the same time, because sometimes we would only find one half of the sabot laying there on the snow out in front of the shooting bench. We saw a few bullet holes that were silhouettes of the hourglass shape, and a few that were obviously halves of those bullets. I have also shot at prairie dogs that were screened by vegetation, and in my case it was the stalks of wild poppies. If these stalks happened to get blown in front of the path of the bullets, all sorts of crazy things happened. Once it was three PD's all standing on the mound, and my buddy shot a the one in the center. The poppy stems got in the way, and all three of the animals exploded at once ! What a show that was - wish I had it on video. Lastly, I also had an experience with a 40-grain .224" bullet that was meant for the 22 Hornet. We trued them in the 22-250. I don't know how fast they were going, but it was fast enough to make them come unraveled on the way to the target. A couple of times we saw a puff of smoke just ahead of the muzzle of the rifle, but the only time anything hit the target was when we had moved it in close ( 25-yards ) just to see what was going down-range. The wholes in the paper showed that it was just pieces of bullets. Nothing was anything like a round hole. It was one of those bullets with the really thin jacket, and my rough-throated rifle was tearing them apart. [/QUOTE]
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