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I have collected doppies from the day I started hunting, I have cases that were last manufactured in 1892 ? Kynock #2 musket all the way through to weird and wonderful wildcats.
The bullets though, the missed shots, the through and through shots, I have never found a spent bullet. Two hunts back, I found two, one damaged badly by corrosion and one in perfect condition, like unfired.
I wonder how it coame to be there undamaged, I theory it was a wounding and being FMJ caused a delayed death after doing a muscle penetration. The animal died and the bullet was freed as it decayed? I can not thing of any other way the bullet ended its flight without damage.
But ! I finally found one, 30 years later.
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Posted : 01/09/2025 8:02 am
I have quite a few, similar to these - range pick-ups, kill shots from animals etc. And I have one which I picked up in a dirt road not far from our current house.
(Are those scratches on the tip of your bullet)
Posted : 01/09/2025 3:13 pm
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Ya I have many recovered from hunted animals, but never before found a spent bullet just lying on a farm. Always wondered where they ended up.
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Posted : 01/09/2025 10:53 pm
My assumption is that especially if they miss they'd have enough energy when they come to ground to bury themselves.
Posted : 02/09/2025 12:39 am
Looks like a .303 MkVII bullet, with that flat base and LH twist rifling?
Posted : 12/10/2025 1:01 am
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Looks like a .303 MkVII bullet, with that flat base and LH twist rifling?
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Posted : 12/10/2025 12:34 pm