Originally posted by gambit3All filing bullets down does is take their center of balance out of true, flatten their tips and reduce their aerodynamic stability and ballistic coefficient, making them innacurate. It's a retarded thing to do.
Number 10. "Don't rub or file your bullets: if you are caught with such bullets on you, you will be shot, and serves you right." What is the purpose of rubbing or filing a bullet?
Originally posted by Sam The ShamPerhaps it is to make it fragment and do more damage. Whatever it does it is against international law for military personnel to do it. It is true that any alteration of a bullet may give it an unstable flight. I would guess that such a altered bullet may be used at close range or to kill somebody.
All filing bullets down does is take their center of balance out of true, flatten their tips and reduce their aerodynamic stability and ballistic coefficient, making them innacurate. It's a retarded thing to do.
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Originally posted by elohiym chanan"The temporary cavity size and location are about the same and any difference in wounds caused by the two would be cliff cult to recognize."
not so... http://www.brooksidepress.org/Products/OperationalMedicine/DATA/operationalmed/Manuals/NATOEWS/ch02/02Projectiles.html
Scroll down to the section on 22 CAL FMC
I'm not so sure someone with this strong a grip on language should be carrying out experiments that involve shooting people and measuring the wounds. 😕
Originally posted by PBE6I believe they carry out these experiments by shooting into gelatin so they can see the results.
"The temporary cavity size and location are about the same and any difference in wounds caused by the two would be cliff cult to recognize."
I'm not so sure someone with this strong a grip on language should be carrying out experiments that involve shooting people and measuring the wounds. 😕
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Originally posted by Mad RookYou are wrong. Unstable bullets have terrible accuracy, the M-16 stabilizes them just fine.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems I remember hearing that the twist ratio of some or all of the M-16 barrels was too low, causing the aerodynamic instability of the bullets.