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<blockquote data-quote="tacomHQ" data-source="post: 1788692" data-attributes="member: 67159"><p>For the crazy end...</p><p>Velocity and mass, in the end, is the final function.</p><p>How many people have actually tested "the end". I love the battleship analogy earlier and indeed the 45cal weapons at an extreme range were more destructive than the higher velocity 50cal weapons. Steeper remaining angle and gravity. </p><p>This past year our optics were used (required) to make a 6013yd shot (later 7070yds). With that, the observations of that shot:</p><p>Flight time 17sec</p><p>Fully dented (1/4 inch deep) a 1/8 mild steel plate</p><p>Striking angle greater than 30deg (a glancing hit and therefore a dent)</p><p>Enough energy was imparted to the solid projectile to remove over 100gr of weight from the projectile.</p><p>Flight time was long enough to decay the spin of the projectile by 30% if not more. </p><p>Ground penetration was still 8-12". With the oddity that all of the retrieved projectiles (15 units) flipped inside the ground- talk about a wound channel. </p><p>Estimated velocity was 600ft/sec. or around 409mph... </p><p>Are the projectiles wobbling? Yes.</p><p>Does the wobble change projectile to projectile? Yes.</p><p>Quite simply you might be amazed how much a projectile can "wobble" coming out of the muzzle - amazing what failures can yield...</p><p>Would they kill something - absolutely. </p><p>For those who are going to scoff at the absurdity of such a shot- so was a 2000yd shot 20yrs ago. Now cold bore +2 follow up impacts now occur beyond that 2000yd figure in competition. Sniper kills hung around 2100yds for years then jumped to 2+ miles. Absurdity today ..?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tacomHQ, post: 1788692, member: 67159"] For the crazy end... Velocity and mass, in the end, is the final function. How many people have actually tested "the end". I love the battleship analogy earlier and indeed the 45cal weapons at an extreme range were more destructive than the higher velocity 50cal weapons. Steeper remaining angle and gravity. This past year our optics were used (required) to make a 6013yd shot (later 7070yds). With that, the observations of that shot: Flight time 17sec Fully dented (1/4 inch deep) a 1/8 mild steel plate Striking angle greater than 30deg (a glancing hit and therefore a dent) Enough energy was imparted to the solid projectile to remove over 100gr of weight from the projectile. Flight time was long enough to decay the spin of the projectile by 30% if not more. Ground penetration was still 8-12". With the oddity that all of the retrieved projectiles (15 units) flipped inside the ground- talk about a wound channel. Estimated velocity was 600ft/sec. or around 409mph... Are the projectiles wobbling? Yes. Does the wobble change projectile to projectile? Yes. Quite simply you might be amazed how much a projectile can "wobble" coming out of the muzzle - amazing what failures can yield... Would they kill something - absolutely. For those who are going to scoff at the absurdity of such a shot- so was a 2000yd shot 20yrs ago. Now cold bore +2 follow up impacts now occur beyond that 2000yd figure in competition. Sniper kills hung around 2100yds for years then jumped to 2+ miles. Absurdity today ..? [/QUOTE]
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