Help dispell a rumor: Ammo has greater penetration at further distances

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re: Help dispell a rumor: Ammo has greater penetration at further distances

Posted by AlxTgr

on 5/17 at 1:09 pm to Topwater Trout

That's worse than mostly dead.

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Posted by Bleeding purple

on 5/17 at 1:10 pm to AlxTgr

he said "to blythe", which everyone knows means to bluff

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Posted by AlxTgr

on 5/17 at 1:11 pm to Bleeding purple

LIAR!

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Posted by C

on 5/17 at 1:11 pm to Bleeding purple

LINK

Interesting link from a big game hunting background.

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Important for close up shots: Bullets must be "asleep". If the angle of yaw (precession) is
relatively high near the muzzle, the bullet tends to tumble at impact and is not able to build
up a perfect supercavitation bubble. Full stabilisation for a twist of 1:16 or 1:14 is
established at about 20 yards. That holds especially for smaller calibers, e.g. some .223
military rounds are stabilized only at about 80 yards. At closer distances they tumble.

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Posted by AlxTgr

on 5/17 at 1:14 pm to C

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a perfect supercavitation bubble

A what?

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Posted by Bleeding purple

on 5/17 at 1:15 pm to C

Ok , I'm off to lunch for a nice MLT

what exactly imparts the stabilization of the bullet once it is flying through the air and out of the barrel?

This post was edited on 5/17 at 1:17 pm

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Posted by Chad504boy

on 5/17 at 1:16 pm to C

so many variables here. If I were a 100 yards in the sky and shot straight down, this would inversely reflux the recessessitude of the magnification of gravity outwards and thus increasingly affect the velocity through impact combustion.

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Posted by C

on 5/17 at 1:19 pm to Chad504boy

I've seriously been searching for an hour. Can't believe I can't find a test on the internet that shows penetration at various distances...

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Posted by Nodust

on 5/17 at 1:20 pm to C

So at 20 yards they start spinning faster for better control?

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Posted by Chad504boy

on 5/17 at 1:20 pm to C

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I've seriously been searching for an hour. Can't believe I can't find a test on the internet that shows penetration at various distances...

so many sexual jokes i'm holding back on... so many.

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Posted by Nodust

on 5/17 at 1:21 pm to C

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Can't believe I can't find a test on the internet that shows penetration at various distances...

Get Mythbusters to do a show on it.

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Posted by j5geaux on 5/17 at 1:22 pm to C

Here's some light reading: LINK

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Posted by AlxTgr

on 5/17 at 1:24 pm to Bleeding purple

Where the mutton is real lean and the tomato is ripe? They're so perky. I just love that.

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Posted by C

on 5/17 at 1:33 pm to j5geaux

access denied at work. Does it answer the question?

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Posted by Bleeding purple

on 5/17 at 1:33 pm to AlxTgr

me too.

Assume mythbusters did a show on this:

Do you think they have a chance?

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Posted by AlxTgr

on 5/17 at 1:34 pm to Bleeding purple

It would take a miracle.

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Posted by jimbeam

on 5/17 at 1:35 pm to Bleeding purple

they had a tv show about snipers and they said that these insurgents were taking heavy sniper fire. they kept backing off, but as they did so, the bullets would pass through them slower and slower so more people actually got killed. the ones in close were just cut through like nothing.

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Posted by Bleeding purple

on 5/17 at 1:35 pm to AlxTgr

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Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt

on 5/17 at 1:49 pm to C

It is possible since the lower velocity might not be capable of opening the bullet up if we're talking about expanding bullets.

Solid or FMJ, no way in hell.

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Posted by Ole Geauxt

on 5/17 at 1:53 pm to AlxTgr

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Maybe they were thinking arrow?

maybe they were not thinking?

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