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Re: Whatzit?

Postby chuck » Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:26 am

OK, now what does that mean?


It means the bullet is probably a .223 Remington or very close to it while the casing is much, much larger, almost 50 caliber size (20.4mm base). The Nitro express is actually closer but has a significantly larger bullet as it is meant to bring down big game.

https://www.commackschools.org/Downloads/Chapter16%20Firearms,%20Ballistics,%20and%20Impression%20Evidence.pdf

scroll down to page 12 and examine figure 16.1.21.

The two cartridges I originally cited have bullets in the approximate size but shell casings that are significantly smaller than the Whatzit.

I'm not having much luck finding a match in standard loads so I would have to assume this is an exotic. With that much powder behind it, the bullet will be traveling at extreme speeds. It would be counting on the speed/shockwave to do damage, not mass per se. This means a "soft" target, i.e. living tissue.

I used the diagram to look up specifics for the shells to narrow down the candidates. Unfortunately the photo lineup is based on LOA not diameter so I had to hunt and peck and then pull wikipedia pages to get specifics.
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby up148 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:28 am

It looks like a very high speed, long range sniper bullet, that would be devastating to a human. Nasty. :shock:

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby chuck » Mon Oct 26, 2020 10:52 am

It looks like a very high speed, long range sniper bullet, that would be devastating to a human. Nasty.


Maybe old school? The Cheytac and Browning BMG and Lapua (all current sniper loads) have significantly larger bullets. That Watzit bullet will be traveling at high speed but it's not very large. The likely hood of actually hitting the target is lower. You also need a special gun to accomodate a large shell casing but a small diameter bullet with that kind of pressure behind it.
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby HONDO74 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 11:44 am

I recall seeing this same thing on another forum a year ago. It's not real It's something that someone made up

There is no gun that would fire this thing. The amount of powder that case can hold with a 22 cal bullet. The velocity Would burn the barrel out or disintegrates the bullet.

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby robert. » Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:06 pm

look into a 22-250
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby HONDO74 » Mon Oct 26, 2020 1:21 pm

robert. wrote:look into a 22-250


The .22-250 started life as a wildcat cartridge developed from the .250-3000 Savage case necked down to take a .224 caliber bullet. In the early days of the cartridge there were several different versions that varied only slightly from one to the next, including one developed in 1937 by Grosvenor Wotkyns, J. E. Gebby and J. B. Smith who named their version the 22 Varminter.

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Mon Nov 02, 2020 4:56 pm

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:04 am

What? Too hard?
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby rogruth » Tue Nov 03, 2020 8:17 am

Looks like a pile of junk to me.
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby healey36 » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:11 am

No idea, but it looks partially excavated.

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby chuck » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:41 am

On a 150x150 pixel image, if that.

Looks like debris, maybe raked up twigs/leaves (it is fall).

What happened with the bullet?
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:54 am

chuck wrote:On a 150x150 pixel image, if that.


Have to start somewhere, :lol:

Looks like debris, maybe raked up twigs/leaves (it is fall).


Wishful thinking......

What happened with the bullet?


Bottom of previous page?

No idea, but it looks partially excavated.


Distant relative, sort of, maybe, kind of, but not really

Looks like a pile of junk to me.


Hmmmmm.......... No.
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Re: Whatzit?

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:55 am

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby healey36 » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:19 am

Horse bridle brass?

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Re: Whatzit?

Postby Rufus T. Firefly » Tue Nov 03, 2020 10:26 am

healey36 wrote:Horse bridle brass?


Nothing to do with horses and not brass or any other metal, :wink: :wink:
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