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Cold temp affecting terminal performance of plastic tipped bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="shaughn" data-source="post: 1526311"><p>If I remember right..velocity loss/gain is about 1.5 fps per 2 F, which isn't a lot..though it is a factor and when we get denser colder air infront of the bullet this will further slow the bullet on way to the target...</p><p></p><p>My thought on this would be that the bullet while traveling the same distance as under optimum conditions, is... due to velocity loss from temperature and denser air... acting just like it would if it had traveled farther...so if your bullet at 600 yards performs in X manner, but your cold weather shot doesn't...but instead looks similar to those bullets shot at a greater range during optimum conditions...then the denser air is slowing the bullet..and that is why the bullet performance is lacking....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shaughn, post: 1526311"] If I remember right..velocity loss/gain is about 1.5 fps per 2 F, which isn't a lot..though it is a factor and when we get denser colder air infront of the bullet this will further slow the bullet on way to the target... My thought on this would be that the bullet while traveling the same distance as under optimum conditions, is... due to velocity loss from temperature and denser air... acting just like it would if it had traveled farther...so if your bullet at 600 yards performs in X manner, but your cold weather shot doesn't...but instead looks similar to those bullets shot at a greater range during optimum conditions...then the denser air is slowing the bullet..and that is why the bullet performance is lacking.... [/QUOTE]
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