re: Honest question: what is the explanation of the ballistics with Charlie?

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UtahCajun

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You've some impeccable ballistic knowledge.

I'm not there yet, but I'll get there. I'm in the process of building out a DMR (7MM mag is my personal choice here) and I've got an uncle who has been reloading for decades and he's going to show me the ropes of reloading. His reloads are so precise that he's grouping sub-1.5" at 400 yards. That's fairly impressive by marksman standards, but I'm a pistol guy and always have been, so I'll be thrilled if I can come anywhere close to that.

Now, you put me in CQB with a Glock 21 or SIG P226, and I'm extremely judicious and proficient. Just gotta get more well rounded with longer range firearms. Not looking to make 800-1000 yard shots like those muley baws up in the Badlands, but if I can get fairly confident out to 500 I'll feel better.

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Possible - not weapon of choice

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Travelling at less than 500 fps.

Dude, that is BB gun velocity.

The 7mm is a great choice, but you don't need that belted magnum... Bolt or Semi? almost has to be a bolt??? If this is going to be a packing/hunting rifle, you'll appreciate a short action over that magnum, for weight and handling...

About the 06, I've reloaded and hunted since the late 80s, .22 hornet up to .35 Whelen, the most powerful I'd guess is .338 Win Mag? Have shot several dozen white tail/mullies, and witnessed thru optics(binos/scopes) several dozen more... I have a tin with 30+ recovered bullets, maybe half are mine, others from others... Factory loads Win/Fed/Rem/Hornady, reloads with Sierra gamekings, hornady core lock(?), barnes X, Noslers ballistic tips/partitions, Speer Grandslams, lots of diff bullets... unless it's a premium bullet or FMJ, if it hits bone, it's coming apart and will take the craziest paths you can dream of.

I read an article that allegedly had a picture of the "engraved" cases, it looked like markers, not engraved, in this picture. 5 cartridges in a stripper clip, like the old military ball ammo, I have some Lake City Arsenal 30-06 match ammo, looks just like it. I don't know if anyone on the outside really knows the truth, but it looks like 150-168-180 grain FMJ with brass cases, again, when I google it, just a bunch of random shite comes up.

the video, I don't care to watch them again, in my novice opin, looks like what i'd expect, the expansion, then rebound of the neck/flesh... the first reports of hitting a plate and glancing made no sense, proved out that didn't happen. I can't find anything that reliably says the bullet was recovered in body??? does anyone have a good link for the recovered bullet, cartridges, or rifle? I can picture in my head an old 96/98 mauser with an old k4 weaver?

No idea whats true? KISS

So far it’s been mostly lies. Maybe one day we know what went down.

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a buckshot pellet hitting where that thing hit would have been a through and through wound.

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What the hell kind of shotgun do you have that’s effective from 200 yards?

I’ve shot many deer in the neck as well. Same mixed results.

A lighter, non-bonded bullet, moving at or around 3000 fps, would do pretty much exactly what the official story says. It would create a violent entry wound, could deflect off of human bone and get trapped under the skin.[/quote]

My math says less than zero percent that could happen.

Where the rounds handloads?
What was the weight of the bullet? 110, 165, 220?
Was this managed recoil rounds?

Until this stuff is known yall are just yapping for the sake of yapping and your conclusions are based arseumptions.

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What happened to the theory that it hit his vest first and ricocheted up?

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I thought maybe the bullet hit a microphone or something