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March 31, 2009
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TXGunNut said
Maybe so, Chuck. I understand overspin but the “center of balance” concept has escaped me thus far. I think it may be related to ballistic coefficient and I struggle to understand that concept.
Sorry I was a little late to this party, I took advantage of the beautiful Texas weather to gently push some homogeneous projectiles down a 120 year old 38-55 bore.
Mike
I have not read about this before. But I listen to the experts. Sometimes things just get to technical for me. There were 2 different ogive shapes with the modern bullets. Tangent and Secant. Now there are hybrids of the 2. I have been using a hybrid lately and it was a lot different than what I had shot in the past. The center of gravity is farther back on the bullet and it has a very long ogive, point.
December 9, 2002
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I’ve been following this for a while, and I was wondering. Are you guy’s taking in account for the Coriolis effect?
In preparation for my 850 yard kill shot on a New Mexico Bull Elk in October, with my .300 Win. Mag. 185 gr. Berger Match grade, (I chose), the 3 month target preparation, for all kinds of yardage shots, and wind effects came in to play. With a 1/10 twist barrel, I never had an issue with the over stabilization of the bullet.
I’m not saying it can’t be an issue. I just never had this problem. It has to be more of an issue with a re loader, and or an issue of the rifle itself, with the rate of twist. If you try to reinvent the wheel so to speak, I could see where it could happen.
Just my thoughts, and two cents.
Anthony
March 31, 2009
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I don’t but the ballistic calculators do. Not a big deal at short distances like normal hunting distances.
