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Cold temp affecting terminal performance of plastic tipped bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1364438" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Friction is going to be the greater component in the heating of the bullet. Remember when we first tried to make the transition from subsonic to supersonic aircraft and missiles we had to come up with a whole new discipline, material science, to come up with materials that did not soften to the point of failure or flat out melt in flight due to the heat of friction once we started pushing them beyond about mach 1.5.</p><p></p><p>The friction of the bullet interacting with the barrel and then the friction of it interacting with the air I think would have to completely eliminate any effect of the temperature of the bullet sitting in the chamber.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1364438, member: 30902"] Friction is going to be the greater component in the heating of the bullet. Remember when we first tried to make the transition from subsonic to supersonic aircraft and missiles we had to come up with a whole new discipline, material science, to come up with materials that did not soften to the point of failure or flat out melt in flight due to the heat of friction once we started pushing them beyond about mach 1.5. The friction of the bullet interacting with the barrel and then the friction of it interacting with the air I think would have to completely eliminate any effect of the temperature of the bullet sitting in the chamber. [/QUOTE]
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