Damn, you guys are stepping all around nickname Dad had for me, HAMMERHEAD! LOL, nice to see the quality in the old 1957 FMJ's from WW, i knew i'd mess up diving behind a two ft diameter tree for cover from one of those, think i'd have got found ; ]
Good stuff Sir Ron, glad you're back.
A rock maple would work, but I fired a soft-nose 405gr/.458" from my Marlin at around 2000 fps into a 16" softwood tree about twenty years ago, from around eight feet, and it went completely through, landing 10 or 12 feet the other side making a furrow 6 to 8 feet long before burrowing itself, never to be found! So don't stand behind any trees is someone thinks you're a deer and firing a .45-70!
