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Cold temp affecting terminal performance of plastic tipped bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="Capt RB" data-source="post: 1364804" data-attributes="member: 85987"><p>Shooting a swift at 4000fps will have the meplat see temps close to 1400 degrees F. That is well above the 600ish that it takes to melt lead.</p><p> During the first gulf war many soldiers came home with radiation injury's. Especially those that were tasked with clearing the road to Basra of enemy and vehicles. The 30mm round that is depleted uranium fired from the warthog was the cause. Those rounds were heated to about 1200 degrees and were a hazard.</p><p>Pretty good explanation in this video. I tried to find the video of a 150grn 06 in flight with the lead tip melting on camera. It will take some time to find but it does happen</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]zCtDQEGcdrc[/MEDIA]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Capt RB, post: 1364804, member: 85987"] Shooting a swift at 4000fps will have the meplat see temps close to 1400 degrees F. That is well above the 600ish that it takes to melt lead. During the first gulf war many soldiers came home with radiation injury's. Especially those that were tasked with clearing the road to Basra of enemy and vehicles. The 30mm round that is depleted uranium fired from the warthog was the cause. Those rounds were heated to about 1200 degrees and were a hazard. Pretty good explanation in this video. I tried to find the video of a 150grn 06 in flight with the lead tip melting on camera. It will take some time to find but it does happen [MEDIA=youtube]zCtDQEGcdrc[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]
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