Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!columbia!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!jade!jkh From: jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard) Newsgroups: mod.rec.guns Subject: net.rec.guns: Bullet weight and point of impact Message-ID: <1957@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 15:44:13 EST Article-I.D.: jade.1957 Posted: Tue Dec 16 15:44:13 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 03:24:28 EST Organization: U.C. Berkeley Lines: 21 Approved: jkh@ucbjade Author: Gary R. ThrappArticle: 12:19 There is an interesting article by Roy Ruel on revolver recoil in the winter, 1986 issue of Handgun Illustrated. The author states that for a given revolver, the point of impact is the same for all bullets of the same weight regardless of velocity. Heavier bullets strike higher and lighter bullets strike lower because of muzzle rise during recoil. Higher velocity requires more force but this is cancelled out because it acts on the bullet in the barrel for a shorter duration. Higher velocity does result in less drop due to gravity during the bullet's travel to the target, but this is insignificant at handgun ranges. Does anyone want to comment on this, based on either theoretical or empirical considerations? ------------------------------------------------------------- Gary R. Thrapp MILNET/ARPANET: thrapp@nosc UUCP: {ihnp4,akgua,decvax,dcdwest,ucbvax}!sdcsvax!noscvax!thrapp