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Post by omegahunter on May 19, 2022 7:26:58 GMT -5
My daughter wanted a rabbit for supper a couple nights ago so I grabbed a vacuum-packed one from the freezer and let it soak in hot water to thaw out real quick. While cutting it up for "Cajun popcorn rabbit", I came across a steel bb that measured 0.18" which falls exactly on the waterfowl steel shot chart as "BB" steel shot. There was only one found by me or her and it was in the meat of a hind leg. No infection around it or anything. The only place I hunted the year before last (last year was a miss with 2 back to back cases of covid) was a small brushy field nowhere near anyplace to be waterfowl hunting and nearest house is 6/10ths of a mile (three properties) away. Unless some Amish decided to hunt the place with his goose gun.  |
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Post by greghopper on May 19, 2022 7:43:21 GMT -5
Or someone loaded the wrong shell by mistake……
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Post by schall53 on May 19, 2022 8:43:23 GMT -5
Maybe from a BB gun?
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Post by BOBinIN on May 19, 2022 10:19:10 GMT -5
schall53 gets my vote... it likely found itself in somebody's garden and got stung in the butt for his trouble. It's been known to happen in my neighborhood!
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Post by omegahunter on May 19, 2022 11:10:24 GMT -5
BB gun is 0.172" +/- 0.001" for a steel airgun bb. 0.18" is shotgun BB steel. |
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Post by squirrelhunter on Jun 6, 2022 18:47:44 GMT -5
Maybe it got in accidentally at the factory that made the ammo. I'm not sure how their lines operate though,that's just a guess.
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Post by titanium700 on Jun 6, 2022 19:50:05 GMT -5
That’s my guess too.
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Post by pigeonflier on Jul 24, 2022 11:36:57 GMT -5
I have been known to use whatever I have left in the ammo case...
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Post by 1shotwade on Jul 27, 2022 10:00:39 GMT -5
(((BB gun is 0.172" +/- 0.001" for a steel airgun bb.
0.18" is shotgun BB steel.)))
Actually it's .177 or 4.5 cal. And yes BBs are steel, which makes me wonder which kid got a new toy and couldn't resist the temptation to try for a rabbit.
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Post by pigeonflier on Jul 27, 2022 15:15:19 GMT -5
Lots of people use bb guns to guard there gardens.
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Post by omegahunter on Jul 29, 2022 18:10:47 GMT -5
(((BB gun is 0.172" +/- 0.001" for a steel airgun bb. 0.18" is shotgun BB steel.))) Actually it's .177 or 4.5 cal. And yes BBs are steel, which makes me wonder which kid got a new toy and couldn't resist the temptation to try for a rabbit. Actually bb's are not 0.177", but are smaller. Copied directly from the Pyramid Air site- BBs: Are they the same as .177? No! The BB is smaller than .177. In fact, it's a completely different caliber. When it was first created in 1886, a BB was a type of shotgun shot sized 0.180" in diameter. Through the years, the size became smaller, until todays steel BB is 0.172" to 0.173'. |
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Post by deadeer on Jul 30, 2022 2:35:41 GMT -5
A LIFETIME or reading and info on Pyramid!
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Post by 1shotwade on Aug 2, 2022 15:57:55 GMT -5
That's amazing! The older I get the more I learn that I never did know what I thought I did! At 72 now, I figure I've got a couple years until all of my false knowledge becomes someone else's truth!
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