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kudu56
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A friend has a nephew, a marine, who had a .338 long range set up custom built in Texas a year or two ago. He claims the guy who made them gave one to each member of his squad. Not sure of all the particulars and all, such as scope or action, but the thing that made me wrinkle my forhead, was his comment, that the bullets fired from this rifle could never be traced. He claimed the rifleing from barrel to bullet was untraceable.I had never heard of such a thing. Have any of you?
 
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bsflag bsflag bsflag Those marines beleave anything. Wink



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A big plus one. Must have been built by the goofy guys on TV.
 
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The only way that the rifling would not engrave the bullet was if the ammo used sabots. Possible, but definitely not as accurate as non-sabot ammo.
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I found it hard to believe also. Almost called BS, but I have known his uncle for years. So I just admired the rifle and shook my head.
 
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It sounds like a misunderstanding of how a bullet works and some drama..
maybe check his lip for little pieces of BS hanging off of them...


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That is a funny post! Some people believe anything...
 
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What do you think about these ?



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What do you think about these ?


Velocity is impressive, accuracy has been iffy, VERY IFFY, in my rifles.
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Originally posted by J.D.Steele:
Velocity is impressive, accuracy has been iffy, VERY IFFY, in my rifles.
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I think he meant that the bullets themselves would not have rifling marks and could therefore not be traced...
 
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Originally posted by J.D.Steele:
Velocity is impressive, accuracy has been iffy, VERY IFFY, in my rifles.
Regards, Joe


I think he meant that the bullets themselves would not have rifling marks and could therefore not be traced...

I already talked about saboted bullets in my earlier post above these. No, the bullets can't be traced, but also no, IMO and experience they won't be accurate enough to be useful at long range.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygonal_rifling

this is about the rifle not the bullet polygonal rifling is very hard to get forensic evedence from "see glock" our local lab can tell you calaber and that it was a glock but not a whole lot more.

yes this type rifle bbl is used on sniper rifles built in texas.


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