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28 nosler, vapor trailing?
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<blockquote data-quote="greenejc" data-source="post: 1977763" data-attributes="member: 60453"><p>Long before Hammer bullets were a twinkle in someone's eye, vapor trails were known, seen and used by military snipers and spotters. Its just the shockwave of the bullet causing the moisture along the bullet's path to condense in the air. Its visible in a spotter scope when the scope is used to observe the bullet's path by placing the scope's focus about halfway to the target to 2/3 of the way to the target. Its listed as a technique listed in FM23-10 on page 3-14 as an observer field technique and explains what the vapor trail is and how its created. It has nothing to do with oil in the hollowpoint on a Hammer bullet, but is condensate due to the bullet shockwave as it goes downrange. By the way, this manual is one of the better tools for teaching long range shooting accuracy under field conditions. You should get a copy. It will answer a lot of your questions about advanced marksmanship.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greenejc, post: 1977763, member: 60453"] Long before Hammer bullets were a twinkle in someone's eye, vapor trails were known, seen and used by military snipers and spotters. Its just the shockwave of the bullet causing the moisture along the bullet's path to condense in the air. Its visible in a spotter scope when the scope is used to observe the bullet's path by placing the scope's focus about halfway to the target to 2/3 of the way to the target. Its listed as a technique listed in FM23-10 on page 3-14 as an observer field technique and explains what the vapor trail is and how its created. It has nothing to do with oil in the hollowpoint on a Hammer bullet, but is condensate due to the bullet shockwave as it goes downrange. By the way, this manual is one of the better tools for teaching long range shooting accuracy under field conditions. You should get a copy. It will answer a lot of your questions about advanced marksmanship. [/QUOTE]
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