New dimpled bullets show promising results!!!
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I thought this might be of interest here. @orkan are you gonna test these when they come out 😄
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/04/us-army-team-tests-radical-new-dimpled-bullet/
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Do they give you a handicap?
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hahaha. Always nice to see things being pushed along forward!
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I almost wonder if it wasn't an April Fool's spoof.
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It looks like the article was from 2009 and it was on April 1st as well.
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I knew it wasn't new... maybe it is a april 1 thing.
I do know that dimpled bullets have been made and tested though. ;)
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Dimpled Bullet Spoof Continues to Fool Web Readers
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/04/dimpled-bullet-spoof-continues-to-fool-web-readers/
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I got had by this one a few years ago. Thought I would pass it along. 😜
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If they're like a golf ball they would do extremely weird things in flight.
Golf balls actually produce a small ammount of lift due to the dimples, that is why the trajectories ballon, and can be manipulated by putting side spin on the ball.
So if you did it to a bullet, I would think you would see some adverse effects from the bullets rotation.
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I went looking for the article where guys actually did this. They took a batch of lathe turned solids and dimpled them. Couldn't find the article... :(
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@orkan said:
I went looking for the article where guys actually did this. They took a batch of lathe turned solids and dimpled them. Couldn't find the article... :(
It would be interesting. I don't think it is fiesable due to consistency issues...but wouldn't know till tested.
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@mamalukino
and the best part is they are made by Titlest!!
