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Baller
06-20-2017, 09:33 PM
They've been on golf balls forever. I know they been incorporated in to wheels, helmets and jerseys for elite cyclists. Any reason someone hasn't tried to incorporate them into a bullet to increase efficiency of flight?
google is your friend.
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/04/us-army-team-tests-radical-new-dimpled-bullet/
Robinhood
06-20-2017, 09:51 PM
Speed. Subsonic bullets might benefit.
Baller
06-20-2017, 10:42 PM
google is your friend.
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/04/us-army-team-tests-radical-new-dimpled-bullet/
Interesting. The article looks to be 8 years old. The article reports the findings as quite positive. I wonder why we haven't seen anything work it's way into the commercial/civilian market.
JeepsAndGuns
06-21-2017, 12:53 PM
Interesting. The article looks to be 8 years old. The article reports the findings as quite positive. I wonder why we haven't seen anything work it's way into the commercial/civilian market.
Did you not see the date the article was posted? April 1st.
I'm thinking it was a april's fools joke.
darkker
06-21-2017, 04:29 PM
Speed. Subsonic bullets might benefit.
Yep. A Book by Dr. McCoy called Modern Exterior Ballistics covers this quite deeply.
https://www.amazon.com/Modern-Exterior-Ballistics-Robert-McCoy/dp/0764338250/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1498076782&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Dr.+McCoy+ballistics
For supersonic flight, the tail angle is king, then the ogive. Meplate and bearing surface is almost irrelevant, despite the garbage "Just the tip" line given by a certain bullet company....:rolleyes:
bigedp51
06-21-2017, 06:07 PM
Dimpled Bullet Spoof Continues to Fool Web Readers
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/04/dimpled-bullet-spoof-continues-to-fool-web-readers/
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2009/04/dimpled-bullet-spoof-continues-to-fool-web-readers/
Yep, sure sounded good though!
Baller
07-09-2017, 03:13 PM
Thanks for the recommendation. That book's not inexpensive. Maybe I'll request my local library procure a copy.
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