Wooden bullets?

[dolek]

Swedish Mausers had a muzzle adapter to shred wood bullets(Blanks).

 

[Dusty Stevens]

Since when did wood become associated with vampires? I always thought the silver bullet was the preferred method and right behind that was a wooden stake to the heart. A wooden bullet shows a military that is bad running low on supplies and sanctions that actually worked

 

[KMart]

Werewolves are not affected by religious symbols like crucifixes and holy water (unlike their counterpart monsters, vampires), but in modern fiction, they are vulnerable to weapons containing silver, such as silver bullets or silver blades. The silver bullet is the most iconic anti-werewolf weapon, but in many stories, anything silver causes agonizing pain if it touches the beast. Therefore, to be most certain of killing the monster, a werewolf hunter should carry good quantities of wolfsbane, rye grains, mistletoe, and mountain ash leaves or wood, and be armed with a variety of well-made silver weapons.

Vampires
the key to killing a vampire using a wooden stake is to strike first. Yes, that means playing offense against the offensive powerhouse, but in this game of life and death, you only need to score once.

Okay, enough with the sports analogy, but the lesson remains the same: a vampire will let its guard down fairly easily. You should attack quickly and without hesitation. A vampire can heal from most injuries, but a wooden stake through the heart is not one of them. Though they heal quickly, their skin and bones are just as fragile as any humans, so the key to killing them is to make it so they can't heal.

Vampires can be killed with silver, but it is not real effective. Kind of like going long range Elk hunting with a 222 and a 50 grain VMax.

 

[br1111]

Werewolves are not affected by religious symbols like crucifixes and holy water (unlike their counterpart monsters, vampires), but in modern fiction, they are vulnerable to weapons containing silver, such as silver bullets or silver blades. The silver bullet is the most iconic anti-werewolf weapon, but in many stories, anything silver causes agonizing pain if it touches the beast. Therefore, to be most certain of killing the monster, a werewolf hunter should carry good quantities of wolfsbane, rye grains, mistletoe, and mountain ash leaves or wood, and be armed with a variety of well-made silver weapons.

Vampires
the key to killing a vampire using a wooden stake is to strike first. Yes, that means playing offense against the offensive powerhouse, but in this game of life and death, you only need to score once.

Okay, enough with the sports analogy, but the lesson remains the same: a vampire will let its guard down fairly easily. You should attack quickly and without hesitation. A vampire can heal from most injuries, but a wooden stake through the heart is not one of them. Though they heal quickly, their skin and bones are just as fragile as any humans, so the key to killing them is to make it so they can't heal. Which brings us to...

 

[br1111]

you could also kill a vampire by cutting off the head. that's what buffy the vampire slayer told me.

 

[GerryM]

I think short range practice rounds The answer to a training round instead of converting rifles to 22 Rf ammo

 

[KMart]

you could also kill a vampire by cutting off the head. that's what buffy the vampire slayer told me.

Was that just pillow talk one night or a serious conversation? Inquiring minds, you know.

 

[Barlow]

Maybe I should make some bullets out of a local tree called "Ironwood". It's a form of hickory that's like iron when green and like steel when dry. I have burned a lot of it and it gives a blue flame. Barlow

 

[daniel brothers]

they are the first answer to copper fouling... and are probably fur friendly on predator hides.

 

[br1111]

Was that just pillow talk one night or a serious conversation? Inquiring minds, you know.

I think it was pillow talk in one of my dreams!

 

[21shooter]

When I was a small boy my dad talked about the germans using wood bullets. He was in from 1942- 1945.
Don't remember much about it, He did said they shot wooden bullets...John

 

[KevinThomas]

My grandfather went ashore at Normandy and said they encountered many of these. He stated they caused very bad injuries and were very difficult for the docs to treat, since they didn't show up on x-rays and were very tough to locate within the wound. He mentioned that they were apparently some sort of short-range training ammunition that were never intended for combat use. The suggestion made earlier about being blanks of some sort is probably pretty close. I can imagine in the confusion of D-Day, the defenders were grabbing pretty much anything that was at hand, and doing it in a pretty big hurry! He never mentioned having encountering them anywhere else in the war, just in Normandy.

 

[lpreddick]

I pulled one and case is full of cotton except for a small powder charge. Primer is real. Case length is 2.237" and bullet is .307". What were they?View attachment 1032494

What can be said about the headstamp? This one has "38" while another has "41"... dates? ? ROMAN numerals?

 

[Larryh128]

My grandfather went ashore at Normandy and said they encountered many of these. He stated they caused very bad injuries and were very difficult for the docs to treat, since they didn't show up on x-rays and were very tough to locate within the wound. He mentioned that they were apparently some sort of short-range training ammunition that were never intended for combat use. The suggestion made earlier about being blanks of some sort is probably pretty close. I can imagine in the confusion of D-Day, the defenders were grabbing pretty much anything that was at hand, and doing it in a pretty big hurry! He never mentioned having encountering them anywhere else in the war, just in Normandy.

One of my old deceased friends who trekked across all of Europe in WW2 told me that the wooden bullets were used for training by the Germans who were running low on everything. He also told me that the "home guard" had been issuing rifles and wooden bullets to kids in Berlin during the last ditch stand. He said that he was carrying splinters in him yet from them before he died.

 

[243winxb]

Blank http://cartridgecollectors.org/?page=introduction-to-30-06-cartridges

More links i posted here. http://forum.accurateshooter.com/threads/wooden-bullets-2.3942800/

 

[MN50Shooter]

Used by the Japanese towards the end of WW11. They were running low on raw materials. My late uncle recalled there use in New Guinea.

They used them in Leyte as well. My dad was shot by one, and had a lot of issues afterward. He said it left splinters in him gave him troubles for more than a year.