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Pics of Berger Bullets NOT Performing????
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<blockquote data-quote="Eric Stecker" data-source="post: 1135427" data-attributes="member: 8908"><p>Closed or sealed up tips is something that was suggested as a root cause early in our review of these reports. This was one of the first characteristics we tested. We went a bit further and purposely crushed the tip closed in an attempt to recreate an extreme example of a closed tip. Our results were that fragmentation still occured. </p><p></p><p>In spite of these results, we do recommend against meplat tipping but only as a precaution due to our regarding this concern as reasonable even though we haven't been able to prove that it does prevent fragmentation. </p><p></p><p>In spite of our test results, this situation is being explored further by our material engineer. We are very interested in what happens inside the bullet for reasons that go beyond terminal performance. We have been testing different forming methods and tooling materials. Early results are encouraging. </p><p></p><p>We have not settled on the conclusion that the condition of the tip has no affect on terminal performance so we will continue to explore this further. We just haven't been able to find something that is certain to produce failures to fragment. </p><p></p><p>Regards,</p><p>Eric</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric Stecker, post: 1135427, member: 8908"] Closed or sealed up tips is something that was suggested as a root cause early in our review of these reports. This was one of the first characteristics we tested. We went a bit further and purposely crushed the tip closed in an attempt to recreate an extreme example of a closed tip. Our results were that fragmentation still occured. In spite of these results, we do recommend against meplat tipping but only as a precaution due to our regarding this concern as reasonable even though we haven't been able to prove that it does prevent fragmentation. In spite of our test results, this situation is being explored further by our material engineer. We are very interested in what happens inside the bullet for reasons that go beyond terminal performance. We have been testing different forming methods and tooling materials. Early results are encouraging. We have not settled on the conclusion that the condition of the tip has no affect on terminal performance so we will continue to explore this further. We just haven't been able to find something that is certain to produce failures to fragment. Regards, Eric [/QUOTE]
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