Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Bullet failures
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 2417194" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>I have a hard time accepting that theory. If a bullet pencils through it's still traveling the same distance as one that fully expands. HP bullets can be very unreliable about expansion due to inconsistency in the tips and that's where I see the most people complaining about bullets failing to expand.</p><p></p><p>If anything, energy being what it is the bullets all else being equal should expand much better at high velocity than low velocity.</p><p></p><p>I've heard complaints about the Partitions failing to expand at high velocity when not hitting hard bone but from the bullets I've recovered and seen recovered what actually happens is that at high velocity the forward portion of the bullet in front of the partition is completely lost shallow and the remaining core and jacket behind the partition then pencil out the other side.</p><p></p><p>I think the "too fast to expand" theory is more of a case of someone said it and it sounded good to people who didn't know better so it just got repeated a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 2417194, member: 30902"] I have a hard time accepting that theory. If a bullet pencils through it's still traveling the same distance as one that fully expands. HP bullets can be very unreliable about expansion due to inconsistency in the tips and that's where I see the most people complaining about bullets failing to expand. If anything, energy being what it is the bullets all else being equal should expand much better at high velocity than low velocity. I've heard complaints about the Partitions failing to expand at high velocity when not hitting hard bone but from the bullets I've recovered and seen recovered what actually happens is that at high velocity the forward portion of the bullet in front of the partition is completely lost shallow and the remaining core and jacket behind the partition then pencil out the other side. I think the "too fast to expand" theory is more of a case of someone said it and it sounded good to people who didn't know better so it just got repeated a lot. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Bullet failures
Top