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I don't know a lot about guns, but I have questions based on my ignorance. You can see the rifling on the darker bullet. It seems...deformed or too deep. Maybe that's normal.This was allegedly a picture of two bullets impacting mid-flight found on a WWI battlefield. What's wrong?
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Bingo.I don't think the "receiving" bullet would be bent at the base if the impact had come while in flight. I don't see any rifling grooves on it, either.
Not necessarily.Great folk lore! I wonder how much they are selling them to tourists for?
I would expect the bullets to shatter on impact with each other. My guess is some enterprising local is manufacturing the intersecting bullets in his garage using a pointy punch and a hammer.
I hope they come with a good story like... my great grandfather shot the bullet out of mid air to save his buddy!
Not necessarily.
Terminal velocity on impact would allow this, but I don't believe any of the ones shown hit in mid air. If they had they would have fragged with each spinning somewhere in the neighborhood of 20,000-50,000 rpm each.
Most likely, seeing as the receiving bullets are all bent, the shot bullet hit a stationary bullet on the ground or in a magazine and penetrated.