Wooden 8mm Mauser Bullet

[CINDERS]

Called the "Fog of Time" Jim we are as accelerated people through all fairness forget critical points of a story not by design but just the passage of time and subsequent events that are fresher in our minds, though I can distinctly remember 32 years ago a 45 tonne crane I was driving on the side of a hill in winter breaking the ground and sliding side ways down that hill towards a creek near Donnybrook with both sets of steerers facing up hill.

[bob4wd]

True enough. I even wonder if I’m remembering correctly what the vet said back then. After all, it’s been 65 years ago now!

[enfield303t]

I have one in 6.5 as well. When I found it at my local GS he had a box full.

[browningautorifle]

I have one in 6.5 as well.

Easy to find at the gun shows from the cartridge collector types...but trust me they aren't for combat use...

[Der Jagar]

Sorry to burst the 'fog of war' balloon, but the Japanese did use them in the Pacific during WW2 in combat. My Dad brought some back from one of the eleven amphibious landings he was involved in, I believe it may have been when the US retook Corregidor in the Philippine Islands as I know he went ashore there. He had around 6 of the wooden bullet Japanese cartridges, I recall thinking they looked like cannon shells, of course I was pretty young. He advised that the Japanese used them effectively to wound rather than kill, as a wounded soldier took more troops to care for than a deceased one, also the infection they caused. He buried them somewhere on the farm as he advised me he didn't want me or any of my siblings to get ahold of them. Dad said the wooden bullets would cause some terrible wounds, while not killing, but would maim and infection was a real threat. He advised the soldiers and Marines he talked to had a healthy respect for them.

[browningautorifle]

to wound rather than kill,

Another myth.

[Der Jagar]

Depends on who's telling the story-----somebody who's 'been there' and knows the real story OR somebody who only garnered their information by being self proclaimed history buffs and/or if they weren't there to witness the information--it's not true. Not putting any label on you Jim, but just saying. Know of plenty of stories by vets that were debunked as myths by those who got all their information through books and/or accounts told by 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc hand. Know of several accounts of so-called 'know the true facts' tellers telling me how something went down when they weren't there, BUT I was. I believe what my Dad told me--he was there and talked to those taking fire and had first hand knowledge from the 'brass' who were in charge of the particular military interventions they were involved in. Respect and enjoy the information you provide but I disagree with you. Have a good day.

[rcathey]

Know of several accounts of so-called 'know the true facts' tellers telling me how something went down when they weren't there, BUT I was.

Did you fight in the Pacific, sir? I would love to hear some of your stories! It’s not every day we get to hear from a WWII vet!!

[usabaker]

The Jalenese using wooden bullets would not be too far fetched, if the wooden bullets were used for training or launching grenades as other have offered it would only make sense they would be used in warfare as anti-personal rounds, especially in the Philippines because by then we had destroyed the imperial navy and cut off resupply abilities so the Japanese would use what ever they had. Like Muslims they were fanatical. This however is just my opinion and as everyone knows opinions are like chocolate starfish, everyone has one.

[Der Jagar]

Did you fight in the Pacific, sir? I would love to hear some of your stories! It’s not every day we get to hear from a WWII vet!!

Nope, didn't say I did, wasn't referring to any WW2/Pacific warfare with the comment you quoted, in fact was born after WW2. Was referring to events from my law enforcement days when someone in my presence was relating facts about incidents I either witnessed or was involved in claiming to know the 'full skinny' on it. Know plenty of Viet Nam vets when hearing about something 'Viet Nam' related tell 'the real skinny' on it if the reporter/relater is off on their facts. Same as my Dad who spent 2 yrs North Atlantic convoy duty in WW2, 6 months in the Med, and 1 1/2 years in the South Pacific relate 'how it really was' when hearing some report on TV, reading a book, magazine article, or hearing someone tell all about it that wasn't at any of his duty locations, giving a 'how it was' comment that wasn't factual. Always fried him as they gained their knowledge 2nd, 3rd, etc hand vs being there. In fact my Dad was dropping depth charges on German U-Boats a number of weeks before Pearl Harbor under orders from FDR on U-boats that were firing torpedo's at American flagged shipping. Not a well known fact, but very true.