Designing the 2-diameter paper patch bullet.

[Distant Thunder]

Kurt,

I'm no ballistics expert and I'll probably get myself in too deep very quickly. The way I understand it as the nose profile gets more slender you are reducing the nose weight and pushing the center of gravity farther back toward the base. Even with the same OAL the bullet with a more slender nose or coming to more of a point will require more spin to stabilize especially when bucking quartering headwinds. This problem is also made worse by BP velocities.

In my case I don't think that is the problem. I think it is somehow velocity related and has to do with how my bullet is spinning right at 900 yards. In reality it is probably just the shooter not breaking good shots or not following thru. If I could do some shooting at 900 yards around here I'd test that velocity theory, but that will have to be tested at a match I'm afraid.