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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Planning large scale bullet testing, input needed
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<blockquote data-quote="barnesuser28" data-source="post: 1710300" data-attributes="member: 43468"><p>Once this current batch of brass gets retired I will take you up on that, it is shooting so good now I don't want to mess with it!</p><p></p><p></p><p>I think this is likely the correct approach, I will test the bullets at the fastest velocity i can get them to shoot out of the rigs I have and test on bone-in gel for the worst case scenario. Then i will try to test at distance with full power loads on gel only for the worst case scenario (between ribs) at 1800 fps or so as a baseline and go from there, as in my opinion any bullet that doesn't expand at 1800 fps is useless for long range hunting. This should provide the most valuable results with the least amount of effort. I will definitely also test the effects on twist rate on expansion in the future on a limited number of bullets. Will probably start with a 1-8" twist .223 rem vs 1-12" twist .223 rem and test a 30 caliber comparison depending on what that data shows.</p><p></p><p>I have dozens of tests I want to perform that range from barrel-life tests, to terminal ballistics (i will leave the BC and other flight testing to Bryan Litz ), silencers, muzzle brakes, and possibly some archery gear as well as I work to make some of this testing stuff financially viable in the next year or so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="barnesuser28, post: 1710300, member: 43468"] Once this current batch of brass gets retired I will take you up on that, it is shooting so good now I don't want to mess with it! I think this is likely the correct approach, I will test the bullets at the fastest velocity i can get them to shoot out of the rigs I have and test on bone-in gel for the worst case scenario. Then i will try to test at distance with full power loads on gel only for the worst case scenario (between ribs) at 1800 fps or so as a baseline and go from there, as in my opinion any bullet that doesn't expand at 1800 fps is useless for long range hunting. This should provide the most valuable results with the least amount of effort. I will definitely also test the effects on twist rate on expansion in the future on a limited number of bullets. Will probably start with a 1-8" twist .223 rem vs 1-12" twist .223 rem and test a 30 caliber comparison depending on what that data shows. I have dozens of tests I want to perform that range from barrel-life tests, to terminal ballistics (i will leave the BC and other flight testing to Bryan Litz ), silencers, muzzle brakes, and possibly some archery gear as well as I work to make some of this testing stuff financially viable in the next year or so. [/QUOTE]
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