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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Curious about bullet fragmentation.
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<blockquote data-quote="Locknload" data-source="post: 327168" data-attributes="member: 20333"><p>Mike,</p><p>99% of the time the bullet disentegrates when the jacket comes off the bullet. The lead core can not hold together, without the jacket, and vaporizes with a grey puff of smoke. This can be done several ways, high rpm, thin jacket and a very high velocity or a defective jacket. I have also had jackets stop in the barrel and eject just the core. This can happen with an open base and large hollow point bullet.</p><p> </p><p>If you are shooting a Barnes solid copper bullet, it does not have a jacket to shed. </p><p> </p><p>However, with a high capacity cartridge, you can at times push a bullet at a high enough velocity to strip the bullet. This is when the bullet actually does not take the lands and goes straight down the barrel. A stripped bullet leaves a big mess in your barrel. Most stripping occours with cast bullets but can happen with jacketed bullets as well, at extreame velocity.</p><p>Best,</p><p>Ed</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Locknload, post: 327168, member: 20333"] Mike, 99% of the time the bullet disentegrates when the jacket comes off the bullet. The lead core can not hold together, without the jacket, and vaporizes with a grey puff of smoke. This can be done several ways, high rpm, thin jacket and a very high velocity or a defective jacket. I have also had jackets stop in the barrel and eject just the core. This can happen with an open base and large hollow point bullet. If you are shooting a Barnes solid copper bullet, it does not have a jacket to shed. However, with a high capacity cartridge, you can at times push a bullet at a high enough velocity to strip the bullet. This is when the bullet actually does not take the lands and goes straight down the barrel. A stripped bullet leaves a big mess in your barrel. Most stripping occours with cast bullets but can happen with jacketed bullets as well, at extreame velocity. Best, Ed [/QUOTE]
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