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Tumbled bullets = poor accuracy?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 509310" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Kevin you seem to be discounting something here which seems so obvious to me it would be easy to overlook.</p><p> </p><p>If tumbling media were buried in the cavity I agree it would probably have very little effect on accuracy, but if the slightest bit protrudes from that cavity it could/would I think be capable of completely changing the flight characteristics of the bullet to the same extent a bent tip on a sold nose or mauled tip on a soft point could have.</p><p> </p><p>Seems to me the likelihood of a destabilization right out of the bore would likely cause a considerable yaw problem in the first few feet out of the bore.bent tip.</p><p> </p><p>That effect would moderate rapidly as that tiny bit of protruding media flaked off, but the damage done in the first few feet to the line of flight I would think would be very likely to make it all but impossible to shoot decent groups.</p><p> </p><p>That such a problem would not be consistent with all bullets would then make the problem even worse. If two or three out of a five shot group were "fliers" for that very reason, it would blow the whole group pretty bad.... .</p><p> </p><p>As for the rest it sounds spot on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 509310, member: 30902"] Kevin you seem to be discounting something here which seems so obvious to me it would be easy to overlook. If tumbling media were buried in the cavity I agree it would probably have very little effect on accuracy, but if the slightest bit protrudes from that cavity it could/would I think be capable of completely changing the flight characteristics of the bullet to the same extent a bent tip on a sold nose or mauled tip on a soft point could have. Seems to me the likelihood of a destabilization right out of the bore would likely cause a considerable yaw problem in the first few feet out of the bore.bent tip. That effect would moderate rapidly as that tiny bit of protruding media flaked off, but the damage done in the first few feet to the line of flight I would think would be very likely to make it all but impossible to shoot decent groups. That such a problem would not be consistent with all bullets would then make the problem even worse. If two or three out of a five shot group were "fliers" for that very reason, it would blow the whole group pretty bad.... . As for the rest it sounds spot on. [/QUOTE]
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