Spalling

Of course Jerzy knows all about spalling.

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This video provides a dramatic and effective demonstration.

I may be spaling it wrong, but I think of what’s shown in the video as “bullet splash” — which is a little clumsy when water splashing is the visual effect. I consider spall to be something broken off the surface (e.g concrete or back side of armor). So, I’m thinking “what kind of civilian shooting is going to spall off a steel target?” Nah, not here.

I don’t shoot in swamps much, but still see plenty of bullet splash — which disintegrates the bullets striking a steel target along the plane of the target face.

From the side, the line of splash is diagonally across the leg and on the crosspiece bottom surface:

Bottom of the crosspiece looking up the plane of the target:

And a closeup of “where bullets go to die”:


It’s not common, but I do find jacket fragments 15yd back at the shooting line. Your eye would tell you about it right away if some of this lead shrapnel found you. Wear your pro!

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Watch the wood frame get shredded on both sides:

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Spalling

9mm FMJ 115 gr at 20 yards

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:smirk:
Maybe not ALL about, but a lot. Enough to avoid any injuries.

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