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Originally Posted by cdoc42
So are we really talking about our friends in the gun magazine industry, upon whom we rely to disseminate the unbiased truth delivered by the guns and ammo manufacturing industry ?
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Lots of gun and ammo companies, along with print magazines, spout false information. Mostly because they're ignorant of the mechanics involved. I used to have a list of those myths, can't be found.
Here's my favorite: Fluting a barrel makes it stiffer.
Another two near the top: Putting scope angular adjustments midpoint in their mechanical range centers the erector tube on the scope optical axis. Cases are held against the bolt face or lay in the chamber bottom when fired.
Got the biggest laugh reading Browning's explanation of how their BOSS worked. First claimed the muzzle axis vertical vibration was tuned so bullets left when the bore was midpoint and straight. Later changed to when the bore axis was at either the high or low point in its vibration cycle. Neither one compensates for velocity spread of all shots fired.
Problem is, they don't have the wherewithal to learn they're wrong. And seldom admit they're wrong when so proved or shown.