Think I made a mistake. If you want to shoot into water to retrieve the bullet must the water be enclosed? Like in bottle or sealed tank. shot .243 Peregrine 80gr through 3 buckets of water at 100yds approimately 900mm. But the bullet passed through and out the back. If I used a 25ltr barrel end on should the bullet not exit? cheers for the experience in advance.
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hairlesshunter
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Hi maybe me but are you waiting to shoot a bullet in the water to see the effect of shooting it in to water has on the bullet or ?
if so wouldn’t shooting it through anything else but water give you a completely different outcome
Ps when once get land cleared witch had a sizeable lake by feo he made it very clear not even to shoot over it
Best thing to do with newspapers these days, that and wipe your @r$3 anyway.Seem to remember wet newspaper being talked about for expansion tests… if you happen to have a massive pile of them to hand
Freeforester
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Careful, you don’t want to catch the virus that is contained within the printed pages, unless you’ve got loads of grass or dock leaves to hand, same one as on the tv remote
Heym SR20
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Or shoot into a soft pear hag / soft grassy bank. Go in a couple of feet and dig them out.
Or get a wheelie bin, fill with newspapers and water to the top. Let it soak overnight. Tip on its side and then shoot bullets into it. Then un peal layers.
Wetpack is reckoned to be a very good surrogate for big game animals.
Or get a wheelie bin, fill with newspapers and water to the top. Let it soak overnight. Tip on its side and then shoot bullets into it. Then un peal layers.
Wetpack is reckoned to be a very good surrogate for big game animals.
If you have deepish pockets, you could treat yourself to the 'proper' testing media. It might be fun.
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I have in the past shot vertically down into a barrel full of water and successfully captured the .308 Win bullet- perfectly mushroomed!
I seem to recall I placed a thin sheet of ply over the barrel and shot off a step ladder to get the angle correct. It worked but I and all of my equipment got very wet indeed!! Have you considered filling multiple plastic bags with water and retaining them in an overturned barrel?
I seem to recall I placed a thin sheet of ply over the barrel and shot off a step ladder to get the angle correct. It worked but I and all of my equipment got very wet indeed!! Have you considered filling multiple plastic bags with water and retaining them in an overturned barrel?
You don't even need that you can use normal beef gelatinIf you have deepish pockets, you could treat yourself to the 'proper' testing media. It might be fun.
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Freeforester
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No need for KY, much less
ball-i-stick gel, and you’re hopefully going to be told you’re ‘well hung’ - a ‘most interesting position’ At World of Wallpaper surely beckons…
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