bullets stuck in the snowbank

[Captcurt]

I envy you. The mosquitos are out in Texas

And the ticks are out in Arkansas. Had snow flurries last Sunday.

I am amazed the the 150GR didn't expand a little. What gives with that? Does the hot bullet melt the snow?

 

[Bfh_auto]

Are you guys serious? It's STILL snowing in Michigan.

That's why I moved out of Michigan. I prefer a dirt bullet stop to snow ones.

 

[Spug]

I've recovered a lot of bullets when the snow melted. Snow is a relative term, of course. When you get several feet in an average winter that lasts several months it can get pretty dense especially where it's been piled up, rained on etc. But I've been surprised that even what I would consider fresher snow seems pretty efficient at stopping a bullet...around here.

 

[someguy2800]

Since my original post I collected about a half dozen other bullets fired from my Krag, and one from my Arisaka, all perfectly intact and measurable, but now I seam to have lost the bag the Krag bullets were in. I’ll post pictures if I find them.

 

[someguy2800]

Bringing this back from the dead. I found my baggie of bullets in my jacket pocket today.

These are all Nosler 180 grain BT’s fired from my Krag. Easy to tell due to the 4 groove rifling.



These two are a 150 gr Hornady SP and a 168 Hornady BTHP match from the Krag



This is a 174 gr Hornady .312” SP fired from my 7.7 Arisaka sporter

 

[jmorris]

I was just up there a couple of weeks ago and had to buy a jacket because I was used to our already mid 90 deg days. Still had the forecast data on my phone and it looks like a high of 73, we are supposed to hit 100 again. Must be nice, at least this time of the year....

 

[Shimitup]

Maybe my eyes are playing tricks but I could swear that 9mm bullets number 2 and 3 have left hand rifling.

 

[GW Staar]

I STILL like the spinning bullet! Had to go back and watch again.

Here in NW NM we've lost snow.....hell, this year we've lost rain too. As I post I'm breathing smoke from the Durango Colo forest fire 70 miles away. Today the high will be 98 d. When I was a kid we used to pull our sleds to the garage peak and slide down in Feb. Snow was still 4 feet except where it drifted to the roof.

As for your latest post: good show and tell! Here we have sand berms.....and the bullets are 3 to 6 inches in......and look about the same as yours.

 

[someguy2800]

Maybe my eyes are playing tricks but I could swear that 9mm bullets number 2 and 3 have left hand rifling.

My 1911 has a left twist barrel in it.

We do get to 100 here to and its usually 90% humidity when it does. I'm generally uncomfortable at anything over 70 or so. I'm ready for winter to come back.

 

[MikeInOr]

I wish the leaves would all melt so I could find my .380, .32, and 9mm brass. Burning the leaves doesn't help, it just makes them harder to find in the soot.

Burn the leaves FIRST then go shooting.... the brass will stand out against the soot and ash from the leaves. Probably best to soak the ash with water first so your brass will be on top of the ash instaed of in the ash.

 

[jmorris]

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Maybe my eyes are playing tricks but I could swear that 9mm bullets number 2 and 3 have left hand rifling.

When I was a kid I fired a bullet from my S&W, reloaded it and fired it from my Colt. One bullet with both right hand and left hand rifling marks.

 

[Walkalong]

Cool.

 

[rfwobbly]

Most ice I have around here is in my cooler.

And that's the folklore I was raised on....
...that ice was invented about 5 minutes after the invention of beer !