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Has anyone ever performed a Drop Test to see if one's bullet moves?
I know in Golf a Stimpmeter is used to determine green speed, just thinking with an inline it might be quite easy to test. It's the parameter inwhich the test is done has to be determined.
Any ideas?
My test:
I took my Mountaineer and loaded a bullet which is about 0.002" over bore diameter and drop tested - bullet didn't move.
I took my Super Disc with bullet right at bore diameter - the rifling just barely visible on bullet and it moved about 0.100" - 0.125" (1/8").
My thought was to drop the gun vertically 6" onto a piece of pine board (not to mar or damage anything) - see if the bullet moves. This should represent an actual hard hit in the field.
NO powder needed with an inline - load the bullet to the breech and test.
I know in Golf a Stimpmeter is used to determine green speed, just thinking with an inline it might be quite easy to test. It's the parameter inwhich the test is done has to be determined.
Any ideas?
My test:
I took my Mountaineer and loaded a bullet which is about 0.002" over bore diameter and drop tested - bullet didn't move.
I took my Super Disc with bullet right at bore diameter - the rifling just barely visible on bullet and it moved about 0.100" - 0.125" (1/8").
My thought was to drop the gun vertically 6" onto a piece of pine board (not to mar or damage anything) - see if the bullet moves. This should represent an actual hard hit in the field.
NO powder needed with an inline - load the bullet to the breech and test.