boattail

With 117 or 120 grain boattail bullets at velocities at 2800 fps the 257 can be used successfully on elk and caribou.

A Pithy Bit Of Rifleshooting Heresy 2007

Looks like a RS-68 propelled side-mount HLV would require a new "boattail" that would accommodate 4 engines, or would need to use 5-segment SRBs.

Downplaying Internal Doubts About Ares - NASA Watch 2009

Trophy Bonded bullets have had an enviable reputation as premium projectiles for the past quarter century, but now Federal has greatly improved them by adding a polymer tip, replacing the flat base with a boattail, adding exterior skiving (fracture lines) for improved expansion, and plating both the bullet and the case in nickel, which reduces fouling and eliminates case corrosion.

Best New Rifle Ammo 2009: Federal Vital-Shok Trophy Bonded Tip 2009

Airflow doesn't react with that shape of an object until near the base again, hence the low drag boattail design that reduces drag.

best caliber for 600+ yard shots 2009

Plus a copper shank boattail for bone-breaking damage on big bucks and bulls!

what is the best range to sight in a rifle at for deer hunting from a 100-200 yards? 2009

If I ever decide to move up from my 30.06 it will be to 300 Win mag and same weight bullet (200 grain boattail).

best caliber for 600+ yard shots 2009

I wonder if it would be possible to actually reuse the boattail of Endeavor (the youngest Orbiter), minus the OMS pods, on a test flight of this side-mounted concept.

Downplaying Internal Doubts About Ares - NASA Watch 2009

Airflow doesn't react with that shape of an object until near the base again, hence the low drag boattail design that reduces drag.

best caliber for 600+ yard shots 2009

A fiberglass mockup boattail could substitute on Endeavor in whatever museum it is displayed.

Downplaying Internal Doubts About Ares - NASA Watch 2009

If I ever decide to move up from my 30.06 it will be to 300 Win mag and same weight bullet (200 grain boattail).

best caliber for 600+ yard shots 2009