Assuming they got it all back......how likely is that? Moreso if they used copper balls, like the Mexicans did, much less so if they used lead. That ball would have had to strike nothing but soft tissue on every hit, not to have been badly deformed and fragmented.
Occam's razor.
Assuming they got it all back......how likely is that?
Quite likely. The lead they used was fairly soft, and held together well at the low velocities.
Moreso if they used copper balls, like the Mexicans did,
Mexicans of the day commonly used copper? First I heard of this one.. Copper was more plentiful than lead down there?
much less so if they used lead. That ball would have had to strike nothing but soft tissue on every hit, not to have been badly deformed and fragmented. Occam's razor.
The 'razor' of soft lead & fairly low MV's would make it rather easy to recover bullets.. Even ones that struck bone.
But 40 times? Granted, the bull was probably being slung, & more than a bit..
Perhaps they added lead as needed each time. Sorta like the axe that's been in the family for generations, even though the handle's been replaced seven times and the head twice.