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Thread: 'Subsonic' .22 ammo going off with a crack

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slk12 'Subsonic' .22 ammo going off... 28-05-2023, 03:24 PM
Tentman There are several factors... 28-05-2023, 03:28 PM
gonetropo make of ammo ? 28-05-2023, 03:47 PM
Allgood Have a read of this... 28-05-2023, 04:00 PM
slk12 Winchester, hollow points,... 28-05-2023, 04:10 PM
Ranger 888 Maybe time to clean the... 28-05-2023, 05:39 PM
Happy Jack Had that with CCI subs too... 28-05-2023, 09:00 PM
MCCPRO I have had subs going through... 28-05-2023, 09:09 PM
Micky Duck how short have you made... 28-05-2023, 09:35 PM
slk12 haha its a longish barrel and... 28-05-2023, 10:07 PM
rugerman had the same thing with CCI... 29-05-2023, 09:15 AM
Bagheera I had a load first shot cold... 29-05-2023, 11:03 AM
bumblefoot I had a CCI sub do that last... 29-05-2023, 12:13 PM
Old_School Air density at different... 29-05-2023, 03:22 PM
kotuku I had the same experience... 29-05-2023, 04:21 PM
slk12 I ended up returning the... 13-06-2023, 07:02 PM
The bomb Dirty barrel can cause it as... 29-05-2023, 07:59 PM
Dundee I love chucking a handfull ... 29-05-2023, 11:22 PM
Bagheera Apparently the speed of sound... 22-06-2023, 01:55 PM
Joe_90 It's ducking cold around here... 22-06-2023, 06:38 PM
coltace I have heard (so take it with... 22-06-2023, 04:48 PM
csmiffy I will say when I got the BSA... 22-06-2023, 06:28 PM
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    Apparently the speed of sound depends mostly on temperature and not much on pressure or altitude.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_sound

    At 20C it is 1125 f/s
    At 0C it is 1086 f/s and “Standard Velocity” ammo might creep over that.
    I understand there are special low temperature ammo for biathlon to avoid the bullet going across the speed of sound and becoming unstable.
    I wonder if this happens more in the autumn and winter. People whi shoot rabbits down in the McKenzie and Central might know more from experience …

 

 

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