How about some recovered bullet pics

[gunnutery]

Hey everyone, let's see some pics of your recovered bullets. I know Guns & Ammo magazine online did this before but it died off and was pretty much geared towards hunting. Let's open it up and feel free to post pics from recovered bullets no matter what the receiving medium was.

My pic was from shooting a computer with my 9mm Beretta 92FS. No clue how much weight was retained.

 

[danprkr]

Ok, I get why you'd want to shoot your computer, but why would you actually do it? Those things are expensive. I mean I shot a closet door once, but it had it coming. Sorry no pics.

 

[gunnutery]

Haha, the computer had it coming too, it was obsolete and wouldn't boot up anyway. Hope you find your GP100, I've got a blued 6" that I love.

 

[happygeek]

Not sure if it counts, it's a jacket to a bullet that I pulled out of a concrete barrier with a pair of needle nose pliers at a range. Took it home with me to show the wife, now it's sitting next to a row of one bullet of each caliber. By the way, I'm not the only one who has a row of bullets on his shelf (one of each caliber for all the guns he and the wife own) am I?

 

[jakk280rem]

1. 38 cal 158gr LRN
2. Speer 38 cal 158gr LSWC
3. and
4. 40 cal 180gr FMJ
5. and
6. Federal plated 00 buck pellets.

1 and 2 were both recovered from inside a 55gal plastic drum. both came through it relativly unscathed. The rest were recovered from a moist rocky dirt pile. 3 clipped a rock and 4 hit one dead on. 5 and 6 were recovered on the surface of the dirt pile after traveling 25yds and penetrating multile layers of plywood.

 

[dubbleA]

For all the Barnes fans...........

Here's a recovered .30 cal 168 gr TSX fired from a 300WSM at a distance of appx 100 yards into a Canadian whitetail.



I have others too, just have to take pics of them.

 

[dubbleA]

*deleted double post* :banghead:

 

[Mr.510]

.45ACP Federal HST

These were fired from a 4" barrel XD45 Compact vertically (straight down) into a bucket of waterlogged phone books. Pages were laid flat, as if shooting the cover straight-on. Books soaked overnight, bucket was filled with water even with top of paper prior to firing first round. Muzzle to paper was approx. 8 feet. Penetration was a very consistent 14". I fired the 14 rounds I had on board into the bucket and got soaked with water.
:banghead:



You can see they are packed with dried paper mache':



This is what I carry.

 

[bottom shelf]

This is a 9MM 115grain from Montana Gold. It was fired from a Beretta 92FS Vertec. I think it retained most of its mass.

 

[KenWP]

I want to shoot this lap top about 50 times day. I would have thought a barnes bullet would open up a bit more.

 

[longdayjake]

This is a 9MM 115grain from Montana Gold. It was fired from a Beretta 92FS Vertec. I think it retained most of its mass.

Did that montana gold look like brass when you fired it and it came back out looking like copper? I sell their 9mm stuff so I'm interested in how they perform.

 

[bang_bang]

Winchester Supreme Silver tip Ballistic Tip 130 gr .270 Winchester. This was recovered from a whitetail, shot at around 130 yards.

 

[CoRoMo]

bang_bang...

How much did that SilverTip weigh after it was recovered? When I shot Winchesters in my .270, I found that they shed a severely unacceptable amount of weight during penetration. When I dug it out of an elk, it weighed less than 60 grains after shedding almost 55% of its weight.

 

[bang_bang]

I couldn't tell you. I would guess it retained around 80% of it's weight, and it came out in 2 large pieces. There was some shrapnel in the bullet channel, but only glittery specs.

I wasn't pleased with the performance honestly. That bullet only went around 130 yards into a 100 pound button buck and didn't give me good wounds to make it bleed out. I found it just under the skin on the opposite side. I've taken deer from twice that distance with 110 gr. HP in my 300 Mag, had complete penetration.

 

[bottom shelf]

Did that montana gold look like brass when you fired it and it came back out looking like copper? I sell their 9mm stuff so I'm interested in how they perform.

Those bullets do have an unusual color when they are new. This one was recently loaded when it was fired so it was still that bright brassy gold color. It came out the same color that it was before it was fired. It has turned to this copper color over the year or so since it was fired.

 

[eatont9999]

I have shot a lot of computer related items. Hard Drives, boards, PSUs, etc. I work in IT, so we always have bad parts that need to be punished When my boss needs a bad drive securely destroyed, he gives it to me. I shot up a bunch of old SCSI server drives, the full height ones, with my Tokarev. They were no longer happy drives after that.

 

[RSTX]

On the left: 45 ACP 200 grn Fed. EFMJ (Expanding Full Metal Jacket)
On the right: 9mm 147 grn Fed. HST

Both were shot into the ground after a rain at about 10 paces (maybe 8-10 yards?). Our soil is black clay and when wet is very soft but gooey. Penetration was not measured but I would guess 3-4 inches for the 9mm and a little more for the 45. Not scientific, but fun.

I was impressed by the EFMJ. I like this round. I would imagine that it would hit like a sledgehammer. Not as much cutting action as a HST, but a brutal bullet. Would not want to get shot with either one.

 

[dubbleA]

Another example of real world expansion..........

On the left, a 400 gr Hornady RN soft point fired from a 416 Rigby into and through a bear.

On the right, another 400 gr Hornady soft point recovered from a hog that was the 4th one lined up in a row.

 

[LoneStarWings]

Federal HST .40
Two 180gr's on the left
Two 165gr's on the right

About .83" of expansion and 3 milk jugs penetration for the 180's
About .70" of expansion and 4 milk jugs penetration for the 165's

This will be my carry round if my CHL ever gets processed by the state (110 days and counting)

 

[juk]

Meaning you shot 4 hogs with one bullet?

 

[John828]

Meaning you shot 4 hogs with one bullet?

That was my take on it.

 

[CoRoMo]

Meaning you shot 4 hogs with one bullet?

If it wasn't a 416rig, I'd say BS, but that bullet could do it.

 

[dubbleA]

Yes, that is with one bullet. 4 is the most, 2and 3 are fairly common though. I have a couple of Rigbys and they spit the 400's out just over 2600fps with my handloads I have some .375" bullets down at the ranch that have killed some pigs but cant post pics.

Here's another real world example........ 120 gr Sierra BTHP fired from 257 Roberts recovered from my wifes deer last year.

 

[shotgunjoel]

dubbleA, that's a sweet picture.

 

[dubbleA]

Thanks Shotgunjoel, I certainly try to compose and take a picture..... ..to my liking anywho's.