.455_Hunter
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Questions for all you terminal ballistics experts out there…
All NFA considerations aside, how will the trajectory of a traditional “bullet” shaped projectile behave in water if the projectile is NOT stabilized by rifling?
For example, let’s say a .38 special 158 gr Round Nose FMJ is fired at standard velocity from a unrifled barrel into a Fackler box. Is there a reasonable likelihood of the projectile exiting the box at a deflection up to nearly 90 degrees?
Something like this could occur by shooting “modern”.38 Long Colt ammo with a flat base .357 diameter cast bullet out of a pre-1903 Colt New Army with a .375 diameter bore, or firing a oringal Liberator with its smooth bore barrel.
Thanks for your input.
Hunter
All NFA considerations aside, how will the trajectory of a traditional “bullet” shaped projectile behave in water if the projectile is NOT stabilized by rifling?
For example, let’s say a .38 special 158 gr Round Nose FMJ is fired at standard velocity from a unrifled barrel into a Fackler box. Is there a reasonable likelihood of the projectile exiting the box at a deflection up to nearly 90 degrees?
Something like this could occur by shooting “modern”.38 Long Colt ammo with a flat base .357 diameter cast bullet out of a pre-1903 Colt New Army with a .375 diameter bore, or firing a oringal Liberator with its smooth bore barrel.
Thanks for your input.
Hunter
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