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Has anyone ever fired a large caliber rifle into the forrest and wondered where the bullet went? It has to stop somewhere, and I was fortunate enough to find it.

My brother and I cut this little ole cherry tree earlier this year and while we were re-sawing it we ran into some blue staining that shouldn't have been there. We were pretty sure what had caused it and proceded carefully. Finally came to the hole, ran a wire into the hole and proded around to find the source. Cut down a little closer and dug out what was left.

No damage to the saw blade, but it did mess up a pretty good piece of wood. There was a good bit of it so I don't guess a few pieces will be missed.

Below is one that was ruined by the bullet.

Top half looks OK




The bottom half didn't fair as well.



Here is the entry wound. You never know what suprises you will find when sawing into a tree.

WOW D.L., you sure are lucky your blade didn't touch it, amazing pics, thanks for sharing the story!

Serge

Ouch! Sometimes life is REALLY not fair!

I think that would make a very nice guitar and be a conversation piece.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

[QUOTE=old man] I think that would make a very nice guitar and be a conversation piece.
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"Yep, I went out and bagged it myself! Can't hardly wait for next Cherry season! I had some difficulty gettin' it strapped to the front of my F-150, though."

[QUOTE=CarltonM] [QUOTE=old man] I think that would make a very nice guitar and be a conversation piece.
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"Yep, I went out and bagged it myself! Can't hardly wait for next Cherry season! I had some difficulty gettin' it strapped to the front of my F-150, though."[/QUOTE]

Carlton, Come on down to Ga. Cherry Season is just around the corner, can hardly wait. Got my eye on a great bigun.

Strappin it to the hood ain't so bad. The hard part is shooting it down. Last one took 4 1/2 weeks and a bunch of ammo to bring down.

Serge, Thats not the worst thing I have seen hit with a saw. I used to off-bare on occasion for an old fellow some years ago. He was sawing a big white oak and all at once bits started flying every which way. I ran, He ran, heck everyone was running.

The saw bogged down and we went back to see what happened. There was one of those ceramic pole insulators grown in the tree. Ruined the blade on the mill.

Ron, I may just build with it one of these days and put a Gray Burst on it

[quote]Ron, I may just build with it one of these days and put a Gray Burst on it[/quote]

I would D.L.!!! That's the first thing I thought of. What a conversation piece!

I've heard Serge plays his Mando with a 9mm, so he must have holes all over his, not the same thing, I guess!

Billy Dean ThomasBilly T38986.2503125

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Billy Dean Thomas
Covina, CA

"Multi famam, conscientiam, pauci verentur."
(Many fear their reputation, few their conscience)

OOOOoooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh!   Gray burst. It would match my hair and beard anyway.

Ron

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OLD MAN formerly (and formally) known as:

Ron Wisdom

Somewhere in the middle of Arkansas......

Cool story again D.L.!

Billy, it's because i had heard to shoot the instrument before showing it here, they had just forgotten to tell me with what!