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Bullet rotation vs velocity
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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 221495" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>It has no energy loss from deformation. The spin is immaterial other than for accuracy. All of its mass is retained and all of its momentum is retained.</p><p></p><p>Now then let us think about copper jacketed bullets. A person should remember that at 1000 yards a bullet is only going to rotate about twice as it goes through a deer and maybe three times in going through an elk. This thing is certainly no blender blade with big sharp blades of copper jacket spinning at high rotational speed. </p><p></p><p>Think about one more time. The bullet is going to spin around only twice as it goes through a deer. What kind of magic are people expecting to happen from that trivial amount of rotation. Go and get a bullet out of a box and a ruler and play with it a minute. Killing is from impact not rotation. Bullet expansion is going to happen (or not happen) from impact not rotation in the animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 221495, member: 8"] It has no energy loss from deformation. The spin is immaterial other than for accuracy. All of its mass is retained and all of its momentum is retained. Now then let us think about copper jacketed bullets. A person should remember that at 1000 yards a bullet is only going to rotate about twice as it goes through a deer and maybe three times in going through an elk. This thing is certainly no blender blade with big sharp blades of copper jacket spinning at high rotational speed. Think about one more time. The bullet is going to spin around only twice as it goes through a deer. What kind of magic are people expecting to happen from that trivial amount of rotation. Go and get a bullet out of a box and a ruler and play with it a minute. Killing is from impact not rotation. Bullet expansion is going to happen (or not happen) from impact not rotation in the animal. [/QUOTE]
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