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Long, but interesting....especially the last 1~ minute

The end reminds me of people saying a 30-30 win is a good brush gun (not due to it's convenient size and maneuverability). Maybe it was only a common thing to tell others in northern Minnesota? Maybe they can blow through brush...but a watermelon deflecting a projectile that big so much....wow!

I need one

nhluke wrote:The end reminds me of people saying a 30-30 win is a good brush gun (not due to it's convenient size and maneuverability). Maybe it was only a common thing to tell others in northern Minnesota? Maybe they can blow through brush...but a watermelon deflecting a projectile that big so much....wow!

That was my experience. I carried a Winchester model 94 for 10 years when I was a kid, thinking t could shoot through brush.

I liken the artillery shell deflecting off a watermelon to skipping it off water.

I still wonder about shooting through brush - it that was an accurate comparison.

Any of you guys ever done target shooting through light/ medium/ heavy brush vs a clear range to test the theory?

Good point. Target shooting seems to always be clear line of sight environments.

Good point. Target shooting seems to always be clear line of sight environments.

I'll admit to shooting at a deer out of a box blind and not having the muzzle clear of the window sill although I had a clear view through the scope. Pulled the trigger, missed the deer and hada shower of wood splinters. I can attest to the fact that 30-06 rounds are not effective when fired through a 2x2.

Years ago, one of the gun rags had an article testing bullet deflection. As I recall they used a board with multiple rows of wooden dowels. Pictures of the dowels showed how quickly the bullets destabilized.

Rip Van Winkle wrote:Years ago, one of the gun rags had an article testing bullet deflection. As I recall they used a board with multiple rows of wooden dowels. Pictures of the dowels showed how quickly the bullets destabilized.

I remember that too. I think it is just luck of the draw.

The tank video was cool. Really interesting to see the bullet yaw.

I was shooting .308 at 100 yards once, paper target.Through my reticle I could see what looked like a twig around halfway-ish down range. I could only see it clearly when I adjusted the parallax knob. I was hitting the target each shot, but one shot never even hit the paper. That was the one that hit the twig.

Rip Van Winkle wrote:Years ago, one of the gun rags had an article testing bullet deflection. As I recall they used a board with multiple rows of wooden dowels. Pictures of the dowels showed how quickly the bullets destabilized.

Yup. But that was before the Grendel.

Holland&Holland wrote:

Rip Van Winkle wrote:Years ago, one of the gun rags had an article testing bullet deflection. As I recall they used a board with multiple rows of wooden dowels. Pictures of the dowels showed how quickly the bullets destabilized.

Yup. But that was before the Grendel.

You need to get one and repeat that watermelon test

Prediction?
Grendal +1
Watermelon -0
Kapooya!!!!!!

MOAR Tank pr0n

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