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Finally, long for caliber bullets have an advantage: they wobble, and, geometrically increase the wound channel due to instability.
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Heavy-for-caliber bullets are very stable in flight, provided they are spun adequately and the center-of-mass is not too far aft. On hitting the target, a long-for-caliber bullet will exhibit a rapid yaw cycle only if it is of a spitzer shape, but it's not a "wobble" so much as a simple swapping of base for apex. (Much like a hammer does not tumble if you throw it handle first, it merely swaps ends.) If the heavy-for-caliber bullet is of a more balanced shape (such as a Keith SWC from a handgun or a Woodleigh Solid from a DGR) then it will exhibit a very slow yaw cycle and hardly yaw at all in the target, which is why these shapes are favored for big game that requires deep penetration.
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...out of a gun incapable of stabilizing the bullet, at near point blank range.
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better be point-blank range. Extensive personal experimentation has shown that handgun bullets that are keyholing at 3 yards are lucky to land on a B-27 much past 15.
Doesn't matter what kind of superload you've fallen in love with if it won't hit the target except by sheerest good luck,
nicht wahr?