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  • trinydex
    Veteran Member
    • Feb 2008
    • 4720

    target analysis and barrel twist

    so i have found a few target analysis pictures







    but i was wondering if bullet size/weight/grain in relation to barrel twist has anything to do with point of impact shifts.

    my usp .40 seems to spit out

    40 S/W 180 GRAIN
    TACTICAL JACKETED HOLLOW POINT
    LAW ENFORCEMENT AMMO

    that i got from ammoman about 1-2" to the right (i'm left handed)

    so my groups for 165 grain reloads and independance ammo will be centered, pattern size for independance is tighter than with reloads.

    the federal hollowpoints are even tighter than the other two aforementioned full jacket 165 grain rounds but the impact is just 1-2" to the right. is it just the increased recoil changing how i "need" to stance the gun, or does the bullet weight/size have something to do with poi?
    Last edited by trinydex; 04-14-2008, 2:07 PM.
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    What Just Happened?
    Veteran Member
    • Sep 2007
    • 2504

    I was reading that bullets fired from rifles do have drift that is associated with the spin incurred by the rifling, but that only became noticable about 500 or so yards out. At typical handgun shooting distances, it's probably you. The difference between the group sizes in the varying ammo types is probably something caused by the quality control of the ammo. I know that WWB gives me groups half the size of the Miwall reloads.

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      redcliff
      Calguns Addict
      • Feb 2008
      • 5676

      Your sights will really only be accurate for one load unless you're lucky or they share same bullet weight and velocity. Pick your poison and adjust your sights for that load.
      "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
      "What we get away with isn't usually the same as what's good for us"
      "An extended slide stop is the second most useless part you can put on a 1911"

      "While Ruger DA revolvers may be built like a tank, they have the aesthetics of one also,
      although I suppose there are a few tanks which I owe an apology to for that remark"

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      • #4
        trinydex
        Veteran Member
        • Feb 2008
        • 4720

        does that have more to do with barrel twist or just velocity affecting poi

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