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Compromised BC when using a slower twist barrel
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1347762" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>If you are punching targets you will probably be fine. My concern as a bullet maker is that marginal stability leads to a higher potential of bullet failure terminally. Terminal performance of bullets suffers as the sg goes down. Likewise bullet performance gets better as the sg goes up. It is my opinion through testing on media and game animals that an sg of 1.5 should be considered a minimum for hunting. I personally used to use bullets of marginal stability for hunting as they were highly accurate. There were times that I was not happy with bullet performance and chalked it up to a poorly designed bullet. It has been in the last couple of years of testing our own bullets before marketing them that I have learned the effects of twist on terminal performance. </p><p></p><p>Most bullets will fly accurately down to 1.1 to 1.2sg. It depends on the bullet. Some bullets can show accuracy issues at 1.3sg but I would guess that your accuracy will be good.</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1347762, member: 7999"] If you are punching targets you will probably be fine. My concern as a bullet maker is that marginal stability leads to a higher potential of bullet failure terminally. Terminal performance of bullets suffers as the sg goes down. Likewise bullet performance gets better as the sg goes up. It is my opinion through testing on media and game animals that an sg of 1.5 should be considered a minimum for hunting. I personally used to use bullets of marginal stability for hunting as they were highly accurate. There were times that I was not happy with bullet performance and chalked it up to a poorly designed bullet. It has been in the last couple of years of testing our own bullets before marketing them that I have learned the effects of twist on terminal performance. Most bullets will fly accurately down to 1.1 to 1.2sg. It depends on the bullet. Some bullets can show accuracy issues at 1.3sg but I would guess that your accuracy will be good. Steve [/QUOTE]
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