Arthur Brisbane to the Syracuse Advertising Men's Club, in March 1911: "Use a picture. It's worth a thousand words."
Pellets recovered from mallard at 45 yds. Ed Lowry, "Shot Penetration in Soft Targets",
American Rifleman, Oct. 1988
Do you think the shot was deformed in the barrel or in the duck? My money's primarily on the duck.
I'll take that bet. How could impact with a duck flatten six sides of a no. 4 pellet upon impact? Look at the center pellet at the bottom of the pic of the no. 4 lead. Is it not hexagon shaped? Is that more likely to have happened because there were
6 other pellets in contact with it in the load upon ignition and setback, or because it somehow impacted the duck
6 different ways?
In fact, I'll take your bet and give you
6 to 1 odds.
SRH
