what if you shot it backwards? would a rotational vortex result that offset the collapse of the shock wave? what i really want to do is put "fletching" on the back end of a Lee keydrive slug that will give me a 2" group @ 100 yds out of a smoothbore shotgun!! Live long and prosper Hollow Point...
So just checking - have you gotten around to a test model yet?
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Simple alternative sonic theory...Sound is energy that comes from the lost kinetic energy of the bullet as it flies through the air. More energy lost in drag means more energy in noise = louder noise. To get less noise, simply pick the bullet with the best ballistic coefficient. Or look at the rate that the bullet's energy is lost in ballistic tables.BB
Nice theory but doesn't match dataOriginally Posted by Black Beard
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sonic boom is continuously generated as long as an object continues to move thru air faster than the air can be displaced, so sonic boom cannot be addressed in a single moment effort.
Granted you can't eliminate sonic boom that we know of but you can minimize the effect...
NASA research planes
The long nose creates a small sonic boom with the aircraft hiding in it's shadow
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