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non sequitur explanation attempting to explain away concerns about overbore
[edit]After the article notes that 50% more powder only resulting in a 10%- 20% increase in muzzle velocity has led some to suggest the round may be overbore, there seems to be an attempt to assuage such concerns, but the explanation simply doesn't follow logically. The fact that the projectile retains more velocity 1000 to 2000 yards out is a function of the shape of the projectile. The amount of powder (whether excessive or not) stops affecting the velocity just outside the barrel, so being overbore won't affect downrange velocity outside the effect it has on muzzle velocity. That said, since energy is mass multiplied by speed squared, 50% more powder (assuming 50% more energy) without other effects at most would result in a muzzle velocity increase for the same mass projectile of just ~22.25%. If speeds are 20% greater, that isn't far off.
The article also reads like an advertisement. ~BGriffin — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.36.245 (talk) 16:24, 22 March 2014 (UTC)