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<blockquote data-quote="Capt RB" data-source="post: 1150305" data-attributes="member: 85987"><p>What happens to a bullet not quite stabilized in a close range hunting situation? The bullet will not perform as designed. Shooting paper doesn't involve ethics Hunting does.</p><p> When the M16 first came out it was extremely effective at it's task. General Curtis Lamay had one sent to his home for a party in which they shot watermelons with fantastic effect. He had the air force contract for the rifle. The Marines wanted to uphold the marksmanship criteria and decided that the original 1/14 being marginally stable needed to be 1/12 twist. They got the stability but the effectiveness as a military weapon became diminished because now the bullet did not tumble when it hit a human. This can happen in a marginally stable hunting bullet. The design is for expansion from point on contact. If it tumbles because you didn't everything you could your ethics are flawed. It's not a conversation or debate. Also the less stable your bullet is the more time it spends in a yaw position which will have less predictable effects in the wind.</p><p> Another huge advantage of a tighter twist in a hunting round is the gyroscopic effect. Your going from 160k rpm to 180k in a 10 and upwards of 250k rpm as you get closer to some of the high speed 7.5 a d 8 twist applications</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capt RB, post: 1150305, member: 85987"] What happens to a bullet not quite stabilized in a close range hunting situation? The bullet will not perform as designed. Shooting paper doesn't involve ethics Hunting does. When the M16 first came out it was extremely effective at it's task. General Curtis Lamay had one sent to his home for a party in which they shot watermelons with fantastic effect. He had the air force contract for the rifle. The Marines wanted to uphold the marksmanship criteria and decided that the original 1/14 being marginally stable needed to be 1/12 twist. They got the stability but the effectiveness as a military weapon became diminished because now the bullet did not tumble when it hit a human. This can happen in a marginally stable hunting bullet. The design is for expansion from point on contact. If it tumbles because you didn't everything you could your ethics are flawed. It's not a conversation or debate. Also the less stable your bullet is the more time it spends in a yaw position which will have less predictable effects in the wind. Another huge advantage of a tighter twist in a hunting round is the gyroscopic effect. Your going from 160k rpm to 180k in a 10 and upwards of 250k rpm as you get closer to some of the high speed 7.5 a d 8 twist applications [/QUOTE]
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