Roundball Mushroom

[frontier gander]

I tested out those roundballs i molded out of recovered Powerbelts and i shot these @ 20 yards with 60 grains of FFFg triple 7 and was happy to find a roundball that expanded on impact! These were found 4" deep in a freshly cut pinion log. The chewed up roundball hit a knot in the wood and so it deformed a bit. The other hit a good spot and expanded perfectly. Once i buy more blackpowder i will test them at longer distances like 75-100 yards and see how they expand. Now i'll go remelt these and mold some new ones.
So roundballs Do expand after all!

[Raider2000]

Yup...
in the Recovered bullets thread I posted my resulte from my 1860 Army C&B revolver...

OK I'll ad one from my 1860 Army Revolver that I've shot yesterday as an expiriment "you guys inspired me."

Gun:
25 year old Pietta 1860 Army steel frame .44
Loading:
30gr. FFFG Goex
Remington #11
Hornady .454 144gr.Ball

Chronograched @ 858fps. = 236ft. lbs.

Please forgive the pictures, they were taken with my camera phone here at work where my dial caliper is.

unfired ball.


Hitting into5 1X6 pine planks @ 20 yards. recovered weight = 130.2gr.


recovered from 9.1" of wet news print "inside a cardboard box" @ 20 yards. recovered weight = 139.8gr.


Yes it's just a round ball but the point is they do expand, maybe not a pretty as the new Gold Dots or what not but they do expand when hit into even relatively soft media & they have been killing Game for a long time..