Chunks of lead found in a mound approximately 190 yards from my bench

[Flintsack]

I found these when I was digging out my new berm at 190. I found it very interesting, I thought you guys would also. I had not shot any pellets at this point, so these are all slugs. Some are 17, some are 22.

I Weighed a few of them, In general they maintained their original weight, even the really smashed ones.

mike

 

[dizzums]

yeah theyre building up and leeching into the groundwater and adding lots of 'vitamins' to it lol ..

 

[Emu]

I made some traps to avoid the random flying of my pellets:

The back part is solid metal with inclination. All pellets stay there. 

 

[8thman]

Have you tried any nsa 20.5 slugs 177cal?

 

[Flintsack]

Just FYI, this was not an environmental post. It was about what happened to the slugs when they hit the object at long distance.

here’s a very good article on how lead affects the environment from shooting.

Most of the other studies I’ve seen make a bunch of assumptions.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041104005801.htm

 

[Dairyboy]

It's weird how some of them are just smashed beyond belief and others barely changed. I mean most the .177 look barely changed but some of the .22s also.

 

[Emu]

Just FYI, this was not an environmental post. It was about what happened to the slugs when they hit the object at long distance.

here’s a very good article on how lead affects the environment from shooting.

Most of the other studies I’ve seen make a bunch of assumptions.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/11/041104005801.htm

The malleability of the plumb avoids loss of weight at impact. Irrespective of deformation.

Interesting....

 

[Flintsack]

Since I was shooting into very fine black dirt, my assumption is that the pellets were deformed by hitting another pellet. In fact, one lump is two pellets fused together from impact. Then a few of them are perfectly round pancakes…One of them even has paper, stuffed in the hollowpoint in a perfect circle???

mike