Gun Bullets inside trees

[husqvarnaX]

View attachment 264478Found half of a .22 caliber billet inside a dead today while bucking this cedar into rounds I sliced it in half perfectly on accident

 

[imagineero]

kinda weird how it veered off like that huh?

 

[bigbadbob]

I took down a large spruce in my yard, it must have been a target, after splitting it up I ended up with close to a pound of .22 and 30 cal bullets.
and a few railroad spikes big and small, I did manage to cut halfway thru one,,, :msp_thumbdn:
BBB

 

[Seemlessstate]

very cool. lucky cut!

make something out of it. serving platter?

 

[TreeAce]

I think thats a little bigger than .22 cal. Not that it matters. It is def cool.

 

[LegDeLimber]

looks like the path curved the most where it was at the least angle to the growth rings.
Expect that the difference in their density from seasons and weather
had that affect on it.

 

[sun64]

My understanding from owned 22s for years is either that is a very soft tree or it is a larger caliber round than a 22.
Very cool pics , none the least
Thanks for sharing
Wayne

 

[Nailsbeats]

Putting a big round up and shooting at the end grain makes a great target, really stops the lead and leaves a nice precise hole for measuring. Standing trees that get hit, they sustain some damage.

 

[husqvarnaguy]

Dont cut any trees down around my house. No telling what you might find.:msp_biggrin:

 

[gtrees]

Dont cut any trees down around my house. No telling what you might find.:msp_biggrin:

I found a 50s or 60s chevy hubcaps inside a silver maple goonie when we split it. Completely intact.

 

[husqvarnaguy]

I found a 50s or 60s chevy hubcaps inside a silver maple goonie when we split it. Completely intact.

Thats a chevy for you.

 

[treeman82]

I was having some cherry milled a few years back and the guy found a .22 in there.

 

[keh10]

Yep, I've found a couple of .22 bullets with my chain. Fortunetely lead is so soft that it really doesn't dull or ruin a chain like a nail would.

 

[Dusty Rhodes]

Why would anyone shoot a tree? They take forever to cook and they dont taste very good. Bullets were meant to kill things to eat and to protect oneself. I just dont get it.

 

[tree md]

Working in Atlanta when I was younger, we would occasionally find ball shot in some of the mature Oaks in the city. One of the owners that I worked for told me that the ball shot in the old oaks dated back to the civil war.