Question on shooting water jugs

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Tom Kat
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Question on shooting water jugs

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I have a little down time and really nice weather today. I was wondering if anyone has ever shot a row of water jugs (1 gal) and recovered the .204 bullet? If so, how many would, say, a 32 gr v max penetrate before it stopped? I am open to all comments.

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Re: Question on shooting water jugs

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Tom Kat. Having never shot one gallon water jugs with any caliber, let alone a 204R, I too would be interested in hearing or seeing others experience. Since most factory loads are launched at 4,000fps or better, and I would guess many reloaders are very close to the same, I'll bet the hydraulic explosion would be a sight to see. :shock:
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Re: Question on shooting water jugs

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Well your in luck, I am going to make a little movie of that very thing!
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