[wasrjoe]

I've always thought it was neat to try and recover ullets I've fired. Anyone else do this (and more importantly have pictures of what you've recovered? :D)

Anyway, here's my pic:
(Click to enlarge)
http://inhibitionzero.com/content/images/uploads/bullets1_small.jpg (http://www.inhibitionzero.com/photos/bullets1.jpg)

The three badly deformed bullets are 7.62x39 Wolf softpoints. The undeformed bullet is a .45, WWB. All fired into stuff and then dirt. :)

[Sisco]

Here's a Nosler 41mag 210gr HP recovered from a feral hog.

[taliv]

i like to recover and examine bullets i've shot too. however, inevitably, someone around me (usually a youth) starts carrying on about how cool the mushroomed bullet looks and asks to keep it as a souvenir. so, i've never managed to take any home to be photographed

[spacemanspiff]

did you know that one yellow pages can stop a 230 gr fmj .45acp? but it wont stop 3, that takes 2 yellow pages. :D that is, from 7 yards.
at 10 yards, a romanian fmj of unknown weight, 8mm mauser, will go through 4 yellow pages.

unless its phone books i'm shooting at, i rarely can find my spent bullets. i do pick up bullets that arent mine, have a crown royal baggie full of them.

[Ian]

Every time it rains at the range I use, a whole bunch of bullets are exposed in the berm. I've done some poking around looking at them. The coolest thing my friends and I have found in there were a handful of steel cores from .50BMG AP.

[HankB]

Speer 300 grain AGS Solid.

The one on the right is new, the one on the left was recovered from a Cape buffalo I took some years ago in Zimbabwe. The bullet entered the buff's right shoulder, hit bone, and traversed most of the length of the buff, coming to rest under the skin in the vicinity of the left hip. The rifle was a .375 H&H, and impact velocity at this range (a little under 20 yards) was between 2500 and 2550 ft/sec.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10420

[wasrjoe]

Oh, a neat thing I found out was that a bullet that was apparently the one you just fired can be very hot.

[Larry Ashcraft]

Those steel cores from .50 BMG make pretty good center punches.

[g56]

Those steel cores from .50 BMG make pretty good center punches.
So do the steel cores from the old 30 caliber AP bullets, I recovered one about 30 years ago, stripped the jacket off of it, after all these years of using it as a punch it's still like a needle on the end!

The only thing wrong with the 30 caliber is that its a little small and hard to hold on to. ;)

[mec]

Several. Shot through beef Brisket/Ribs and stopped by wet telephone book to see if they would expand
http://www.sixgunner.com/miles/mcump/images/mcump/15/44specrecov.jpg

http://www.sixgunner.com/miles/mcump/images/mcump/14/cb230recbult.jpg


http://www.sixgunner.com/miles/mcump/images/mcump/13/rimfire10.jpg

[mack69]

Don't have a pic but the last bullet I recovered was the last round I had shot out of my newly acquired CZ52. Had run about 100 rounds of WIN 7.62x25 through her and the last case jammed the slide. Never heard the pop....turns out the bullet stuck in the barrel...luckily as I said it was the last round otherwise I could be hurting now....Needed to whack it out with a dowel later on..... :cuss: Still not sure what caused it....mack

[Kramer Krazy]

I've got a few 45ACP and 9mm FMJ bullets that I found in my parent's backyard when I used to shoot there all the time (before they moved). Nothing worth taking a picture of, though. Basically just bullets with rifling grooves on them. One 9mm is a little squished, though. Looks like it hit something sideways.

[Jason Demond]

I have a 40 caliber bullet that was shot into a bulletproof vest. It has to be one of the coolest bullest I have, you can see the vest pattern in the bullet.

[RooK]

http://markii.org/images/44w250.jpg

This is one of those premium loadings you get in the expensive packs. Shot from a 4" 629 through water and pulled from a log.

[nico]

I have a 170gr Remington CoreLokt in 30-30 that I pulled out of a 100lb field dressed deer (doe) my dad shot this past saturday. It went in the middle of the chest, out the right side just behind the ribs, back into the right rear thigh, and stopped just under the skin on the back of the right rear thigh. I'll try to post a picture. After seeing the way it performed, I'm not as eager to spend more money to try ballistic tips in my .270.

[Sisco]

did you know that one yellow pages can stop a 230 gr fmj .45acp?

Did you know three milk jugs full of sand won't stop a .41 mag LSWC from 15 yards? A fourth one will. :)

HankB; You ought to load that one up and use it again! ;)

[Ryder]

I sure do and not just to see how the bullet deformed. It's also a good way to get a feel for a load's terminal performance. I don't need no steenking jello. :D

The one's I think are the koolest are from unloading my 64 caliber roundballs out of a double barreled shotgun after a day of black powder hunting. I pop them off into sand a few feet in front of me. Makes a big deep crater and the ball being made of soft lead expands flatter than a pancake. No digging involved, just bend over and pick them up.

I haven't got any pictures of expired bullets to share other than the one of my WWII collection off the beaches of Europe.

[jefnvk]

I've recovered a few 8mm I shot through a log. One was in pieces (Turk, I think), and the other one was just like above, looks like it hadn't hit anything (Romanian)

I dug out some of my friends 7,62x54 SP's , and those things were shattered. Ther were stopped by less then 1 foot of soil, too.

[Kevlarman]

.45 and .45 +P fired into an old level I Kevlar panel:
http://thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=5040

[Pylon]

Is it just me? Or do you guys have a strange fascination with seeing a bullet after it has expanded too?

I can't stop looking at them, everytime i find one either at the range, or in the field, i think its the coolest thing. Morbiscity (is that a word?) aside, I like to think about how deadly these things are and how much damage they can do. Another thought that goes through my mind is
-i can't believe we have created tools with such ruthless efficiency to kill each other with.

[clipse]

Winchester whitebox 9mm 115 gr. on left, 147 gr. on right. recovered from water jugs.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/clipse/Misc/bulletface.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/clipse/Misc/bulletside.jpg

Hornady 8mm 135 gr. recoverd from a doe last year.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/clipse/Misc/bullet.jpg

[esheato]

Speer Gold Dot 9mm 124 grain +P
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL348/919855/3159588/75348302.jpg
Winchester Black Talon 9mm
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL348/919855/3159588/75348300.jpg
Taurus Hex
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL348/919855/3159588/75348298.jpg

[esheato]

Corbon Pow'R Ball
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL348/919855/3159588/75348293.jpg
Fed EFMJ
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL348/919855/3159588/75348291.jpg
Speer Gold Dot
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL348/919855/3159588/75348284.jpg

[esheato]

PMC Starfire
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL348/919855/3159588/75348280.jpg
Federal Hydra-Shok
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL348/919855/3159588/75348276.jpg
Remington Golden Sabre
http://pic10.picturetrail.com/VOL348/919855/3159588/75348275.jpg

[SkyDaver]

Many years ago, we had some old computer monitors (LARGE ones) that we took to a range and blasted away.

We probably put 500 rounds through two monitors.

Here are some .45 ACP hardball bullets I pulled out of the carcasses.

[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 (http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/thr/r9s-tests-02/) and then the next test session (http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/thr/r9s-tests-03/) 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.

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=18734

[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 (http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ce399.gif), 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.

[JohnKSa]

Here's one I picked up off the kitchen floor. Found the jacket in the living room about 10 feet away.

It went through about 1" of phone book and 1" of formica clad particle board. It did not damage the tile but left a smudge on it.

It's in a plastic bag--that's what the odd sheen in picture is.

.357Mag Federal 125gr JHP.

[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).

http://delongview.com/bullets/338_sm.jpg

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

http://delongview.com/bullets/hydro_40_sm.jpg

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

http://delongview.com/bullets/380_sm.jpg

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

http://delongview.com/bullets/mushrooms_sm.jpg

[JohnKSa]

Click on the "manage attachments" button below the text entry portion of the "post reply" page and follow the prompts.

[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.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/JSRupp/109_0930.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v129/JSRupp/109_0929.jpg

[Badbunny]

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.

http://img80.exs.cx/img80/9052/img00505bo.th.jpg (http://img80.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img80&image=img00505bo.jpg)

[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. :scrutiny:

[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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v415/JackDRipper/5.jpg

[why_me]

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. :what: :what: :what:

[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! :D

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?? :uhoh:

[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! :what:

[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

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/KT32bullets.jpg

M1 Carbine

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/110_gr_JSP_Carbine.jpg

Kel Tec 380

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v135/Bell406_206B/KT_380_bullets_ss.jpg

[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!! :D 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 :evil:. Which included .308. 454 etc ... boy did that hurt the lil' buggers :D See below :p


http://www.acbsystems.com/boards/thr/shoot5/decshoot-29-s.jpg

[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.

[model 649]

Chris, that picture does my heart good! Those nasty critters don't look so tough with their guts blown out now do they? Looks like that one put up quite a fight though! Keep up the fine work and show the pins NO MERCY!! Good thing they aren't a protected species cause they are just too much fun to shoot!
Time for my pill,
Josh