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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 87547" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>Fiftydriver hits the nail on the head exactly.</p><p> </p><p>The longer the bullet, the longer it takes to stabilize properly. This is why 6mmppc benchrest shooters have tinkered with different shaped, flat based bullets with short ogives for the last 25 years. They have tried to find the best short shape combination to stabilize as soon as possible. The current bullets in use in that game are stabilizing 20-35 feet in front of the muzzle. This makes them go through the paper at 100 yards already being "asleep" for the majority of their intended flight.</p><p></p><p></p><p>A really cool way to check this on a smaller (slower) scale is to take a longbow and shoot long arrows and short arrows from it and video tape the result and play it back in slow motion. YOu will see the long arrow yaws almost like it is going to go off in a different direction at first but then after a few yards comes right back in line. THe short arrow yaws some still, but it is much less drastic and comes back in line much quicker too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 87547, member: 2852"] Fiftydriver hits the nail on the head exactly. The longer the bullet, the longer it takes to stabilize properly. This is why 6mmppc benchrest shooters have tinkered with different shaped, flat based bullets with short ogives for the last 25 years. They have tried to find the best short shape combination to stabilize as soon as possible. The current bullets in use in that game are stabilizing 20-35 feet in front of the muzzle. This makes them go through the paper at 100 yards already being "asleep" for the majority of their intended flight. A really cool way to check this on a smaller (slower) scale is to take a longbow and shoot long arrows and short arrows from it and video tape the result and play it back in slow motion. YOu will see the long arrow yaws almost like it is going to go off in a different direction at first but then after a few yards comes right back in line. THe short arrow yaws some still, but it is much less drastic and comes back in line much quicker too. [/QUOTE]
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