[Hwoody4136]

Please take a look. This bullet is brass. With lead inside. Buddy was turning down an old log to make a bowl. He found this bullet lodged in the log. Narrowest measurement is .281. Largest is .317. Yes it’s brass. Found about 3-4 inches into the log. Length of bullet is 1.23 inches. Any ideas what how or why? Any info would be cool.

 

[fixitfred]

Yea somebody shot a tree either intentionally or incidentally. The tree grew around it. The worse part is it ruined all his hard work to that point.

 

[Hwoody4136]

Yea somebody shot a tree either intentionally or incidentally. The tree grew around it. The worse part is it ruined all his hard work to that point.

Hahha. Yeah. The question I have is Brass bullet? With lead center? Pretty old I would imagine

 

[Speed]

Never seen such a thing but its pretty darn cool.

 

[Stamps6]

I had a stud once that had a bullet in it. Kinda cool.

 

[Hwoody4136]

Here is a better photo. Notice how the bullet bent but didn’t come apart when it hit the tree.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Buddy needs to invest in a metal detector.

 

[fixitfred]

Thats a good job of cleaning it up. Looks like a modern run of the mill FMJ bullet.

 

[Popeye]

Brass is copper, with a little zinc mixed in.

Most all commercial ammunition jackets are not pure copper, but gilding metal. They contains 5% - 7% zinc, technically making it brass. We call it a copper jacket, but it's really brass.

Different militaries at different times in history used different jacket formulas (percentages) due to material shortages and cost.
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[LRDGCO]

30 cal FMJ bullet. Could be .308 or .311. Anything from 7.62x39 through 303 British.

 

[RayL]

A church gave my son-in-law and I a very large white oak tree a few years back. I was pulling the sawed boards off the band saw and I saw something real shinny in the log and though we had hit a nail or something. Closer inspection showed it was a piece of lead. It was soft and was easy to remove. We estimated it had been in the tree since early 1800,s. It was a large white oak and the ball was near the center. Looks like about a .75 calibur.