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Over-stabilizing a bullet?
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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 499216" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>I'm not an expert on your particular chamber, twist and bullet... but in a conversation with a custom bullet maker with a lot of experience, the issue with "over stabilization" is, at long range your bullet's nose remains oriented "up" and doesn't follow the arc of the bullet path. This is only a concern where deep, reliable and predictable penetration of let's say a large game animal is concerned. In an over stabilization, at long range, the bullet will likely start to tumble on impact.</p><p></p><p>As far as accuracy goes, that's anyone's guess, and I really don't think the difference in twist in a 6mm AI is going to matter when penetrating paper or varmints. If you're over speeding a thin jacketed bullet, that's another story.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 499216, member: 11717"] I'm not an expert on your particular chamber, twist and bullet... but in a conversation with a custom bullet maker with a lot of experience, the issue with "over stabilization" is, at long range your bullet's nose remains oriented "up" and doesn't follow the arc of the bullet path. This is only a concern where deep, reliable and predictable penetration of let's say a large game animal is concerned. In an over stabilization, at long range, the bullet will likely start to tumble on impact. As far as accuracy goes, that's anyone's guess, and I really don't think the difference in twist in a 6mm AI is going to matter when penetrating paper or varmints. If you're over speeding a thin jacketed bullet, that's another story. [/QUOTE]
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