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- From: technews@iitmax.iit.edu (Kevin Kadow)
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Dart Ballistics and darts
- Message-ID: <9301020801.AA04291@iitmax.iit.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 14:17:56 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: Technology News, IIT, Chicago, IL
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- Approved: gun-control@cs.umd.edu
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- There are currently at least 2 kinds of .177 airgun darts sold in the US.
- The ones described in the article (metal head with "fluff" at rear) are
- sold by Service Merchandise, or at any store which carries the lower end of
- the Crosman line (one of the cheapest guns is sold with darts and a
- dartboard).
-
- The second type of date consists of an identical metal head, but
- with a plastic tail about 2x as long as the head, the tail has an X
- cross-section. The packaging CLAIMS that this dart is safe to shoot in
- rifled barrels.
-
- I have fired both kinds of darts from Crosman 357 pellet revolvers,
- with no apparent damage to the rifling and reasonable accuracy/power.
-
- I have found that from higher powered pistols (e.g. Beeman P1) the
- plastic-tailed darts become VERY unstable in flight and the few darts that
- do imbed themselves in the target have, along with the ones that bounce
- off, miss entirely, etc, have their tails broken off.
-
- Can anybody suggest a rifling safe dart, preferably available in
- .20, commecial or homemade, which does not suffer from this problem?
-
-
- BTW: when shooting darts with a spring air, always load in one or two
- cleaning pellets behind the dart (closer to the chamber) to buffer the
- cylinder and prevent damage to the chamber.
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