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Re: Shooting in the Rain
« Reply #15 on: March 19, 2009, 04:56:23 AM »
Found several pics of supersonic bullets. Some good reading out there on the topic.



This video is pretty cool too.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5aWFcxE30E[/youtube]
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Re: Shooting in the Rain
« Reply #16 on: March 19, 2009, 08:36:14 AM »
That's a cool video.

I wonder what the little chunk in that photo is...Piece of the round break off?
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Re: Shooting in the Rain
« Reply #17 on: March 19, 2009, 08:38:28 AM »
I thought about that also.... :dunno:
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Re: Shooting in the Rain
« Reply #18 on: March 19, 2009, 12:13:18 PM »


This picture clearly shows why the Barnes TSX is such a sketchy bullet when you get it out past about 400 yards. That's only a cannelure grove causeing the second drag wave... imagine what 3, 4, or 5 deep groves would look like!

You can also see the difference a boattail makes by comparing the turbulence behind the base of each bullet in flight... not hard to see why boattails are so much more ballitically efficient.

Cool pics... thanks for sharing. The picture of the boattail bullet has been the screen saver on my phone for about a year now... nothing cooler than bullets in flight.
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