Brmorgan
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So I was finishing of an old Douglas Fir cant that I'd started a couple months ago out at my dad's, and on the last cut I ran across this little gem:
I wasn't really at all suprised though. The bark and outer wood of this log was peppered with 3mm birdshot too which I noticed when I started the log. That DID scare me a bit, because all of a sudden I was seeing metal bits flying around and didn't know where they were coming from. I had a whole bunch of them saved but I can't remember where...
Since the rear end of the bullet was relatively intact, I measured it - 5/16" / 8mm. So I figure it was some variety of a .30 cal or a 7mm. Sure gives you an idea of how it would :censored: you up though.
The fingerjoint mill I used to work at had a board in the office with a bullet in it that had gone thru the planer. That bullet was perfectly intact though, except for the planer damage.
I would imagine this is quite a common occurrence around old Civil War battlegrounds, eh?
I wasn't really at all suprised though. The bark and outer wood of this log was peppered with 3mm birdshot too which I noticed when I started the log. That DID scare me a bit, because all of a sudden I was seeing metal bits flying around and didn't know where they were coming from. I had a whole bunch of them saved but I can't remember where...
Since the rear end of the bullet was relatively intact, I measured it - 5/16" / 8mm. So I figure it was some variety of a .30 cal or a 7mm. Sure gives you an idea of how it would :censored: you up though.
The fingerjoint mill I used to work at had a board in the office with a bullet in it that had gone thru the planer. That bullet was perfectly intact though, except for the planer damage.
I would imagine this is quite a common occurrence around old Civil War battlegrounds, eh?
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