If high power rifle competitors using M16 and AR15 platforms shooting 22 caliber bullets from 100 through 1000 yards have excellent bullet stabilization in that range band, then what the USMC's using you're referencing is totally wrong for the bullet's muzzle velocity and rifling twist. I doubt that's the case.
To say nothing of the sub 1/3 MOA groups benchresters shoot with 22 caliber bullets from 100 to 300 yards which pretty much means they're very well stabilized with the velocity and twist rate they leave at.
I'd like to see that power point based example of bullet stabilization. That simulated stability on a chart style diagram both side view and head on through the whole 500 yards may show a tiny bit of instability which all bullets have; they're all unbalanced to some microscopic amount when fired. But it cannot be excessive else the competitors would not shoot as good as they do.
How can a bullet at 300 yards that's way off from group center in some direction know that and change its trajectory back towards group center at 500 yards? Think about this.
To say nothing of the sub 1/3 MOA groups benchresters shoot with 22 caliber bullets from 100 to 300 yards which pretty much means they're very well stabilized with the velocity and twist rate they leave at.
I'd like to see that power point based example of bullet stabilization. That simulated stability on a chart style diagram both side view and head on through the whole 500 yards may show a tiny bit of instability which all bullets have; they're all unbalanced to some microscopic amount when fired. But it cannot be excessive else the competitors would not shoot as good as they do.
How can a bullet at 300 yards that's way off from group center in some direction know that and change its trajectory back towards group center at 500 yards? Think about this.
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