Molten Lead & Jacket Separation
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Gary in MD
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So now, because I called BS on your theories of molten lead/jacket separation and you having no proof, now I don't have any respect for our nation's veterans? ***?
For the record.... I have the utmost respect for all of our veterans - past and present!
I think you came to this forum to troll a little or maybe just pass some time?
Good luck and Good Day Sir!
For the record.... I have the utmost respect for all of our veterans - past and present!
I think you came to this forum to troll a little or maybe just pass some time?
Good luck and Good Day Sir!
Mikecr
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I don't see how collecting bullets in the ground represents an honoring.
Sounds like a hobby to me, but even if paid to validate battles or something, you should keep that in YOUR box.
This is a hunting forum
Sounds like a hobby to me, but even if paid to validate battles or something, you should keep that in YOUR box.
This is a hunting forum
Laguna Freak
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I am somewhat fascinated by your quest and assertions. Though I have no knowledge of WW2 bullet core metallurgy, I presume them to likely have near 100% lead content and I have no doubt that a hot rifle could melt such lead cores. I base this presumption on having heard an uncle tell a story of firing a machine gun in battle in Vietnam until the barrel bent under its own weight. He survived and received a verbal reprimand from his CO for his effort.
I don't recognize applicability of your findings/assertions to contemporary hunting bullets under game hunting conditions but thank you for taking the time to share in the most appropriate sub-forum on this hunting forum.
You're neglecting two very important sources of heating and cooling of the bullet : compression from firing, and compression on impact.
I've worked with enough spilled lead, zinc and steel to recognize the tracks of molten material as it spreads out.
I've had bullets hitting steel that melted on impact, and I recognize molten slag stuck on parts of my steel targets.
Even if a bullet melts within its jacket in flight, the inertia of its spin probably maintains the molten lead, or significantly softened core in the same position. I would speculate you may have a layer of molten lead, and as you continue to the core, different levels of plasticity due to temperature.
All of this can be modeled with Mathcad or Ansys.
