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Badlands Precision Bullets thread - From BC to terminal ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 2632771" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>It's not really surprising it tumbled, reduced loads without a significant increase in twist rate are often unstable, and not an accurate way to get an idea of true low velocity performance. And being a .308 win, it is possible that it was being shot from a 1:12 twist, which that bullet requires a minimum of a 10 twist. If that is the case, being combined with a reduced load would nearly guarantee significant instability. Even if it is a 10 twist, it will likely be unstable shot at that velocity. The only way to accurately test low velocity impacts is to shoot them into a media at a range that reduces the impact velocity, and have it be fired at a twist and muzzle velocity that is stable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 2632771, member: 87243"] It's not really surprising it tumbled, reduced loads without a significant increase in twist rate are often unstable, and not an accurate way to get an idea of true low velocity performance. And being a .308 win, it is possible that it was being shot from a 1:12 twist, which that bullet requires a minimum of a 10 twist. If that is the case, being combined with a reduced load would nearly guarantee significant instability. Even if it is a 10 twist, it will likely be unstable shot at that velocity. The only way to accurately test low velocity impacts is to shoot them into a media at a range that reduces the impact velocity, and have it be fired at a twist and muzzle velocity that is stable. [/QUOTE]
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