Deal wood photograph & origin

[karizman]

I found following defination for deal wood at weblink provided further. From photograph & description wood looks like soft planks used in heavy machinery packing during transit or like railway sleepers. Railway sleepers are still found in many areas but are getting rare day by day. They are easy to cut but very difficult to break & have best shock absorbing quality.

I think it will require more than 12 ft/ps of energy to penentrate 1 inch wood of this quality. Can some one with chrono try this test to know the exact velocity needed for .177 & .22 to surpass the deal wood test?

Wood from the Scots Pine is often known as deal. It is a softwood which is found in northern Europe, particularly Scandinavia and Scotland. It is a commercially important timber used by builders and carpenters for indoor and outdoor work and was widely used for telegraph poles and railway sleepers. In the 16th and 17th centuries, it was a favoured wood for carving and, until recently, for making boxes for domestic purposes.

http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/1987F633.351

[penpusher]

Railway sleepers in India are of Sal,one of the toughest woods around.Even a .22 Lr might have difficulty penetrating 1" of seasoned Sal.

Indian version of deal wood would be Kail(Blue pine) which is used in construction and Chir Pine which is used to make boxes for apples.