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Bullet Failure?

Dating myself but Matchkings were the darling of LR years ago. For me long range killing isn't a thing I am interested in anymore. I wised up. mtmuley
I have started using game kings I don’t shoot enough animals for statistical analysis but I like them so far.
 
I talked to Steve. He’s wondering if the twist rate of my rifle is too slow to stabilize the bullet. It’s a M70 Featherweight I got off Gunbroker so I’ll measure the twist and see if that was the issue.
Is it a factory barrel punched to AI or a custom rebarrel?
If it’s factory it’s probably a 1:10 and not enough twist.
 
That bullet was going quite fast at 85 yards (probably 2800+) - basically any bullet designed for hunting should be expanding and shedding energy into the target.
Well that’s exactly what I meant by “I’m kinda surprised that happened in your case”. I guess I should have spelled that out.
 
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