New design AEA Pellets update & comparison to old design
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There are only three possibilities if the hole in the back has been increased in size:-
1 The new pellet is lighter than the old design, which will change the flight behaviour and BC of the pellet compared to the old design due to the change in sectional density
2 AEA have managed to increase the density of lead in some way, possibly using a nuclear reactor, which will change the stability and flight characteristics but may glow in the dark thus aiding nighttime shooting
3 The pellet has been changed in some way by adding the lost lead to the rest of the pellet, which will change the centre of gravity position and the moments of inertia, which will change the pellet flight characteristics.
The size of the hole in the base is largely irrelevant to drag, though it could affect dynamic stability as has been shown in full scale projectiles.
Of the three choices, I think 2 is most unlikely, and for possibility 1, it should be easy to check the pellet mass change if there is one.
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All the above, except MAYBE #2, per Ballisticboy's reply was my point in my reply of "where did the 'extra' lead/material go?"
mike
mike
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If you look at the pics on page 2, they redistributed the lead from the skirt to inside the pellet. So the skirt thickness is thinner, and the inside is "filled up" more. This brings the flat part of the shape closer to the skirt opening, and since it is a cone, makes the hole look "bigger".
Since it is simultaneously taking away weight from the rear (skirt), and adding weight to the center mass, but also farther back... no idea how that shifts the center of gravity.
Since it is simultaneously taking away weight from the rear (skirt), and adding weight to the center mass, but also farther back... no idea how that shifts the center of gravity.
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I've recently started a journey down the .30cal highway. I recently bought aea 45gr, aea 50gr and jts 45gr. The JTS seem to shoot better then both AEA pellets out of my RAW HM1000x better. I took a look at the inside of the pellets after reading this post and the aea 45 and 50gr look like the new pellet design and the JTS look like the original AEA design. Don'y know if JTS hasn't caught up with new design or I received older stock. Either way I just ordered a couple more tins of the JTS. We will see what I receive.
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I know it gives me a headache. One moment you can’t buy an AEA 50 gr. Then no one wanted those and you couldn’t buy a 45 gr. Now this….maybe people will just stop shooting them in light of this. I doubt it we are super forgiving as consumers. SIG still sells pistols and amazingly people still actually defend the p320. People are strange.
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There are a few folks that believe the JTS pellets are identical to AEA. If that's the case, has anyone noticed the same change in JTS? And have these changes to the AEA been incorporated to the entire pellet line-up, or just the larger calibers?
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