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To: MtnClimber

The twist rate also affects chamber pressure for a bullet of a given mass. There is a limit to the tightness of the twist, after which the bullet merely scrapes off into the groves.


7 posted on 09/25/2016 10:55:24 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: GingisK

“There is a limit to the tightness of the twist, after which the bullet merely scrapes off into the groves.”

There’s also a limit whereby the centrifugal force is high enough to tear the bullet apart.


12 posted on 09/25/2016 12:08:15 PM PDT by ctdonath2 ("If anyone will not listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet and leave them." - Jesus)
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