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From: kozowski@ohsu.EDU (Eric Kozowski)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: glass targets, a no-no
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Date: 20 Jun 91 23:40:30 GMT
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In article <35817@mimsy.umd.edu> gozer!klm@uunet.UU.NET (Kevin L. McBride) writes:
#In article <35661@mimsy.umd.edu> bercov@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov (John Bercovitz) writes:
#A great alternative is aluminum soft drink cans and beer cans (as long
#as you didn't remove the contents immediately prior to shooting)
#filled with water.
#
#Fill the can with water and use hollow points.  The hollow point
#starts expanding in the water and dissipates a significant amount of
#energy.  The resulting explosion of the can and the spray of water is
#just as dramatic as glass, if not more so, and you only have to pick
#up the shredded scrap aluminum.
#
Don't use extremely fast (>4000fps) rounds though.  I did this onece
with a .220 swift (~4100fps) and completely blew the can apart.  There
was only a few pieces of can left that were bigger than a quarter.  Just
a word of warning.


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Eric Kozowski         
kozowski@ohsu.edu
Networks & Computing Dept.
Oregon Health Sciences University