shooting into a barrel of water

[jakec]

i know a few guys that will shoot into their pool to get a boolit thats not mangled to take measurements or whatever. i was wondering if i could shoot into a barrel since i dont have a pool and my friends that do wont let me shoot in thiers. i think a 30 gallon barrel would be ok but not sure. anybody ever done it?

 

[TennJeep1618]

I'm not sure about shooting into a barrel, but why not fill up several milk jugs with water and shoot them. Stick a 2x8 or 2x10 underneath them and on the sides and you should be able to recover the bullet.

 

[M.O.A.]

I would imagine it would work just fine. 30" of water will stop pretty much any round up to .30 cal. May be a rather moist endeavor though. Out of curiosity what would you measure that couldn't be done with a casting ?

 

[TennJeep1618]

I would imagine it would work just fine. 30" of water will stop pretty much any round up to .30 cal. May be a rather moist endeavor though. Out of curiosity what would you measure that couldn't be done with a casting ?

I'm guessing he would like to measure expended diameter and weight retention.

 

[M.O.A.]

Water isn't going to give very good results for that. Ballistic gel is fairly inexpensive and can be molded in a cardboard box lined with plastic.

 

[Aaronious45]

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[jakec]

Well i prob dont need any measurements i couldnt get from casting. I just started casting and loading though so i measure all kinds of stuff i dont need to just to learn any little thing i can. It just seemed cool too. And i have a bunch of barrels that need a purpose. Ill set it up and let yall know.

 

[Don]

Let us know after you do it. I always want to retrieve my cast boolits to see if they're engraving right and filling the voids but....I've been too much of a chicken to shoot into a barrel and my brother won't let me shoot into his pool either:becky: