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Old August 13, 2012, 10:45 PM   #16
jephthai
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Bart B. -- i think you're right in a theoretical sense. But it's the sense in which it's only true in an unrealistic situation. There are yet more factors, such as barrel whip and harmonics that (in the real world) are impossible to eliminate as variables. One bullet may perform better in one real-world barrel than another and the other way around with a different barrel for inscrutable reasons.

There's also the transonic barrier, which has only been alluded to so far. The BT will stay supersonic longer than the FB, which should be a little significant as long as our thought experiment still includes an atmosphere.

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