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Old April 12, 2012, 12:12 PM   #1
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Video - Round ball vs Conical performance series Part 1

This is part 1 of a three part series comparing the performance characteristics of various projectiles shot from a Colt style 1860 Army cap and ball revolver. In this series we will measure the accuracy, velocity and muzzle energy and penetration of round ball versus conical bullets. Part 1 will consist of the round ball performance test.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGzAuC3O3HM
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Old April 12, 2012, 02:19 PM   #2
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Interesting stuff. Thanks for doing this.

Can you publish the chronograph statistics?
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Old April 12, 2012, 06:01 PM   #3
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Mykeal,

As I said I only shot 4-shot strings...now what I would do if I was running a Lean 6 Sigma project, but enough to judge the relative merits of each projectile.

RB:
886.8
853.9
875.8
913.6

220-gr conical

726.1
674.5
706.1
766.1


240-gr conical

737.5
752.6
670.3
739.5
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Old April 12, 2012, 07:02 PM   #4
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Thanks. I understand the statistics are not mathematically valid due to the sample sizes, but you're right, they can still provide 'clues' to interpreting the results.
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