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An Observation

9K views 68 replies 18 participants last post by  MikeG 
Think it might be more simple than that. To make that puff of dirt, the bullet pretty much has to contact it (what happens below ground isn't visible)...and bigger diameter bullets contact more dirt.
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Way back when the Detonics compact .45's were new, bought one of the first ones. Shot well, carried it for years. Eventally was rifle plinking at targets in a gravel pit out at 150-175 yards and broke out that stub-barrel concealment Detonics. Might have been lobbing those 230gr. FMJ's at 700-710fps, and to walk it onto targets (and it was a BIG target for those of you who remember the tiny sight radius of those pistols), felt like I was forward observer for indirect 155 fire.

Even out at 175yards, with the bullets seeming to arch straight down into the sand, could see the dirt splashes bare-eyed.
 
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