Johngoboom

I was out setting up a target this afternoon, and noticed all of these on the ground. I know a friend and I shot them 2-3 weeks ago when there was still plenty of slushy frozen snow on the ground. We were shooting from a slight downward angle (2 foot deck height). They are mostly 40 cal rounds fired from his duty weapon (a glock). There are a few .357's from my SP101 and a few Gold Dot .380's from my LCP. A few .45 cal round balls from my muzzle loading pistol. I even found a .308 win bullet I shot from my FR7.

Any theories why these little guys didn't bury themselves in the ground. They were just laying on top of the matted grass when I found them. They are in good condition and appear to have almost no nose deformation.

Let's here your theory....

deputy125

only thing i can think of is.............

the ground........or at least the top inch or so......was frozen and the slush/snow was acting as an insulator to keep it frozen....... kind of like a thermus that keeps drinks cold?

Johngoboom

But they weren't even buried in the grass, they were laying right on top of everything. And the noses look fine.

Cruelshoes

Great, now we have to have a new caliber war...

Which round can best penetrate slushy frozen snow?

Johngoboom

Bountyhunter

They must not have penetrated the frozen slush. The slush it self probably slowed the bullets quickly without flattening them. That's just weird.

Taurus_9mm

Those look like they can almost be reloaded.

claybird

Were they factory or reloads?

Johngoboom

All factory rounds.

Snuffy

The ground was hard enough to resist them penetrating the ground, the snow was soft enough to decelerate the bullets so that they were not damaged in the process. Like shooting into saw dust or a water tank, the bullets are not deformed and remain close to the shape that they were before firing. Its the basically the same process used by law enforcement to match bullets from weapon in a shooting case.

tx gun runner

+1 on Snuffy answer

Snuffy

Thanks pal.