Originally Posted By: Adrian RudeOriginally Posted By: CatShooterOriginally Posted By: Adrian RudeOriginally Posted By: CatShooterOriginally Posted By: Adrian Rude
[...] " that big boatail hasn't calmed down and started flying straight until 350 or so". BT's are real predictable way out there, but I get erratic results with, say, a VLD until 300 yards. I read somewhere that it can be related to the crown. If a rifle has been cleaned 50 times with a steel rod, it might shoot FB ok, but BT won't exit the muzzle properly.
Myth #347
Which part is the myth? The crown having an impact on a BT, or a BT needing some time to calm down?
Both...
Re: Crown...
http://www.longrangehunting.com/articles/rifle-crown-1.php
Re: going to sleep:
As to bullets stabilizing at 350 yds (or any other range) - it is contrary to the most fundamental laws of physics - Newton's 1st and 2nd laws of motion (to which there has NEVER been an exception in 327-ish years).
If you can make a scientific case for bullets being unstable, and then getting stable (i.e., "going to sleep"), write it down, and mail it to the Nobel Prize Committee, Physics Division, Oslo Norway.
You will be guaranteed a Nobel Prize in physics (worth about $1,300,000 in US dollars), a major university named after you (probably in Boston or California) and a lifetime of income giving lectures in physics around the world, and your name will be whispered in awe in every university around the world for the next thousand years.
Geez dude, you can provide information without being a douchebag. I wasn't a physics major, just passing on what a friend of mine said. His statement mirrors my experience which is only practical, not scientific.
I guess with 8900 posts on an Internet forum, it easy to tell that you spend a lot more time punching keys than you do pulling triggers. It's really too bad that you're a peckerhead, you probably have useful knowledge.
Awe.. he has a mouth on him. Now we know what you shoot.
You shouldn't present girlie gossip as facts.