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Recent content by RidgeRunner

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    Shooting bullets backwards in subsonic ammo?

    There I am spouting the wrong information. It is 3000 rps or 180000 rpm. Got the rpm number wrong. But the rest of the issue about why subsonic bullets require a tighter twist rate to stabilize is correct.
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    Shooting bullets backwards in subsonic ammo?

    During WWI the germans loaded regular bullets backward to penetrate the armor (6 to 12mm) of the british MKI tanks. They also increased the charge significantly. This ended up causing rifles to blow up occasionally. The backward bullet got some of the blame for this. But it was likely the powder...