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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Rifles in the rain *important*
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<blockquote data-quote="Varminator 911" data-source="post: 1259034" data-attributes="member: 9705"><p>If there is any significant amount of water in the barrel I'd think that could affect at least the first shot. Water is very heavy compared to air. A bullet hitting water in the barrel at high speed can't be good. It won't be hard to get 10+ grains of water in the barrel. That's a significant portion of bullet weight.</p><p></p><p>A fighter plane slices thru air at speeds comparable to a rifle bullet. The same plane hitting water at that speed might as well hit solid concrete or a granite mountain.</p><p></p><p>As another example try hitting a 5 gallon bucket of water with your car at 100 mph. Not good.</p><p></p><p>It might even be that water in the barrel would deform the bullet just like 5 gallons of water could badly deform your car.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varminator 911, post: 1259034, member: 9705"] If there is any significant amount of water in the barrel I'd think that could affect at least the first shot. Water is very heavy compared to air. A bullet hitting water in the barrel at high speed can't be good. It won't be hard to get 10+ grains of water in the barrel. That's a significant portion of bullet weight. A fighter plane slices thru air at speeds comparable to a rifle bullet. The same plane hitting water at that speed might as well hit solid concrete or a granite mountain. As another example try hitting a 5 gallon bucket of water with your car at 100 mph. Not good. It might even be that water in the barrel would deform the bullet just like 5 gallons of water could badly deform your car. [/QUOTE]
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