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Andrew Murray

Hello all!

I am wondering if you fine gentlemen may enlighten me as to these projectiles I found.

They were found at my local range. One of the guys there said they they were likely from the target mound (but I found them just behind the 100yd mark). He said they may have got there from when the mound is cleared every now and then. Another theory is that they may have been low shots and landed at the 100yd mark when people have been shooting back from 900 or so...

Either way, there are 5 projectiles: 2 that are perhaps 303 projectiles. One that looks as if it has split clean at the cannelure (though there aren't marks to suggest this but it's a short projectile otherwise) and 2 that look as if they have exploded from the back.

Can someone explain why it is they have exploded from the back, why it is a bullet has broken at the cannelure and the other projectiles are almost reusable? Similary, will this kind of performance be expected on flesh, as opposed to dirt. I know there are a lot of factors here that aren't able to be calculated, like fps, calibre, maunfacturer etc... But I'd love to know if you can offer some insight :)