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With a 1-8 twist the bullet will turn about 1/4 turn going thru a ground squirrel and a 1-12 about 1/6 turn on same critter so I can't see any more damage. On a coyote you will get about 3/4 turn and 1/2 turn going thru from broad side. The faster twist is "VooDoo"balistics used by the Brady gun control people when they got some hollowpoint slugs outlawed by saying that "the bullet was turning at 300,000 RPMs and they did just awful damage when you shot somebody with it" what they didn't say was yes it was turning that fast but it doesn't stop inside a body cavit and spin for a while they just hoped enough people were dumb enough to not know the truth or think about it logiclly. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif
I think that what is being suggested is that the bullet, which is designed to be easily frangible, is more so when it's rotational speed is higher. Think of it like a rapidly rotating CD, which looses a piece, becomes unbalanced and violently flies into pieces. If the rotational speed were lower, it would come apart less violently. You have to keep in mind that we are talking about bullets which are designed to come apart when they strike tissue, not stay together, like a bullet designed for a heavy bodied large game animal.
With a 1-8 twist the bullet will turn about 1/4 turn going thru a ground squirrel and a 1-12 about 1/6 turn on same critter so I can't see any more damage. On a coyote you will get about 3/4 turn and 1/2 turn going thru from broad side. The faster twist is "VooDoo"balistics used by the Brady gun control people when they got some hollowpoint slugs outlawed by saying that "the bullet was turning at 300,000 RPMs and they did just awful damage when you shot somebody with it" what they didn't say was yes it was turning that fast but it doesn't stop inside a body cavit and spin for a while they just hoped enough people were dumb enough to not know the truth or think about it logiclly. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gif
I think that what is being suggested is that the bullet, which is designed to be easily frangible, is more so when it's rotational speed is higher. Think of it like a rapidly rotating CD, which looses a piece, becomes unbalanced and violently flies into pieces. If the rotational speed were lower, it would come apart less violently. You have to keep in mind that we are talking about bullets which are designed to come apart when they strike tissue, not stay together, like a bullet designed for a heavy bodied large game animal.