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Old 04-18-2005 | 08:43 AM
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rost495
 
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Default RE: .223 rate of twist question...

Roskoe

Shot was just short of my 200 yard mark (he happened to be standing or walking down my rifle range so ranging was easy with all my benches etc...)

MV should have been about 2740 in a 20 inch tube but this was shot in my 26 inch upper so I suspect maybe a bit faster.

Anyway it was .224 entry and looked like it basically went behind shoulder and exited out center neck. Exit wound was not any larger than a dime max. Maybe just a bit smaller. Did not do anything scientific but it appeared basically double the bullet size for exit + a tad.

I've got entry and exit wounds on deer out past 500 yards that act about the same.

I have not shot anything real close with the round though. Actually nothing less than about 160 or so. It may well blow up if close. But since the speeds are under 3K for sure, I suspect its one reason it holds together for me.

Jeff
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