Golf ball dimpled bullets.

[deersniper]

This article is from 2009. Why hasn’t it caught on more if it really improves BC and MV??

U.S. Army Team Tests Radical New Dimpled Bullet « Daily Bulletin

At the U.S. Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground, a team of ballistics technicians, supported by some of the U.S. Army's top sniper instructors, has been quietly developing a radical new dimpled bullet. The exterior of the bullet resembles the dimpled surface of a golf ball.

bulletin.accurateshooter.com

 

[gunsnjeeps]

Check the date a little harder.

 

[PinesAndProjectiles]

Dimpled Bullet Spoof Continues to Fool Web Readers « Daily Bulletin

More than a week after we ran the story as an April Fool's hoax, our feature about U.S. Army testing of dimpled golf-ball bullets at Aberdeen Proving Ground continues to delude readers on dozens of web forums. This is the spoof that won't die.

bulletin.accurateshooter.com

 

[deersniper]

Ah WTF ^

 

[Gregor.Samsa]

Haha. Fooled me too!

 

[missed]

AS usually always has a great 4/1 article.

 

[smoothy8500]

Didn't Hornady have "bullets cams" in one of their April fool advertising?

 

[Aftermath]

Didn't Hornady have "bullets cams" in one of their April fool advertising?

I was just trying to recall which company had that one out. I was really intrigued for about an hour trying to figure out how they could actually make that work. My wife took one look and said it had to be an April Fools joke....nah...not a reputable (?) bullet manufacturer.

 

[FuhQ]

Didn't Hornady have "bullets cams" in one of their April fool advertising?

Yep And Berger had "ribbed" bullets one time, too.

 

[PinesAndProjectiles]

Yep And Berger had "ribbed" bullets one time, too.

But those were for her pleasure, not an increase in BC

 

[FuhQ]

But those were for her pleasure, not an increase in BC

Maybe it was to make the bullets with low ES and SD function like they had a BC...

 

[_Windrider_]

Didn't Hornady have "bullets cams" in one of their April fool advertising?

I think it was vortex that out that video out

 

[_Windrider_]

FWIW and despite that this is an old April fools. This concept isn’t new. we tested this concept in the wind tunnels back in college on aircraft wings to increase laminar flow, reduce drag and build more efficient wings. It helped but not enough to justify using the research. Winglets are better.

we also tested a system that used vacuum pressure through thousands of tiny holes which literally pulled the air to the skin to do the same thing. Still not beneficial enough but the concepts are solid just that there are better designs out there. But you have to start somewhere.

 

[Odysseus1911]

Back in the early 2000s, sports science engineers tested the application of golf ball-style dimples to baseball bats for the major leagues. They found the reduced drag increased bat swing speed around 1%, which apparently wasn't worth the increased cost.

 

[TXAZ]

Proof dimples work:
I've never hit a golf ball 563 yards until I shot these 2 with a Barrett:

 

[THEIS]

FWIW and despite that this is an old April fools. This concept isn’t new. we tested this concept in the wind tunnels back in college on aircraft wings to increase laminar flow, reduce drag and build more efficient wings. It helped but not enough to justify using the research. Winglets are better.

we also tested a system that used vacuum pressure through thousands of tiny holes which literally pulled the air to the skin to do the same thing. Still not beneficial enough but the concepts are solid just that there are better designs out there. But you have to start somewhere.

Hi,

O here we go back to the mid 2000s of SH, lol............Where the Cali/Utah guy vs Aussie vs South African vs German were all the rage talking about reducing drag in projectiles, reducing the pressure exerted onto the projectiles, etc etc by putting a hole in the middle to resemble to air foil grenade designs.

Sincerely,
Theis