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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

Bullets , espec. 30.06 are designed to limit drag . Hence the design of the Bell X-1 that was first to break the sound barrier .


105 posted on 07/14/2009 10:59:47 AM PDT by Renegade (You go tell my buddies)
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I doubt that the terminal velocity of a 30.06 slug is 1500 fps, mach 1.5.


112 posted on 07/14/2009 11:07:25 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (AGWT is very robust with respect to data. All observations confirm it at the 100% confidence level.)
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