Re: Does the shape of a bullet after it has left the barrel deform or erode?

Date: Tue Nov 21 15:50:24 2000
Posted By: Michael Pantiuk, Grad student, Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Area of science: Physics
ID: 973574942.Ph

Message:


In general, the shape of a bullet will not change during flight.  If 
it did, the balance of the bullet would change and therefore the
accuracy of the shot would decrease.  Since this is definately _not_ 
desireable behavior, bullets are designed such that they don't deform
in flight.

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