30-06 and other military cartridges

[CINDERS]

A good read on the study of ballistics is the Bullets Flight By Mann ABE books are a source copies can vary in price but he did conduct some very good experiments and photographed the results I have only graze read my copy but he lined up 200yds of either canvas/paper targets all lined up perfectly and fired a round from a mounted rifle to show the oscillations before it stabilized in flight pretty good book.

Post script - also from memory again that the projie oscillated around its path of flight (Lets not forget he was doing this pre 1900) he had a cross on every one of those targets and it showed the bullets strikes differing along the longitudinal axis (not yaw) really a great read I must say he did all sorts of stuff with rounds.

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[RCS]

Over the past few years, the CMP has sold on auction, a number of Mann test rifles, calibers being 7,62x51 and 30-06. Most of these actions are M1903A3 with short very heavy bull barrels, the stocks are cut-off in back and front. A fixture is use to fire the rifle. These make excellent bench rest and long distance rifles when restocked and are scope mounted. Maybe someone can find a photo of a Mann test rifle from the CMP auctions