Australian Outback ammo claims

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Australian Outback ammo claims

Post by Pom » 09 Nov 2013, 1:14 pm

I guess by now everyone know Australian Outback brand ammo.

I'm trying to get my head around their "Balistic Temperature Independence" claim that their bullets are basically unaffected by temperature.

I don't have a net photo but from a brochure they make it out like can land 6" high or low (or more) at longer distances due to temperature.

But theirs is unaffected they say.

Once it's flying through the air I can see how this can be the case?

Anyone got the inside scoop on these things and if they're legit?
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Post by on_one_wheel » 09 Nov 2013, 2:16 pm

I'v never heard of Australian Outback Ammo but did notice that ADI make some big claims about thier powders tempture stability.
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Post by Monty » 09 Nov 2013, 2:21 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:I've never heard of Australian Outback Ammo but did notice that ADI make some big claims about their powders temperature stability.


They popped up a few months ago as far as I know (could be wrong).

Quite a small range, I think they only do 4-5 cartridges total for your standard varmint and game rifles.

Don't know about these temperature claims though.
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Post by Igoe » 09 Nov 2013, 5:22 pm

Think it is related to the powder not being sensitive to temperature extremes. Nothing to do with the actual bullet.
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Post by VICHunter » 09 Nov 2013, 7:59 pm

Igoe wrote:Think it is related to the powder not being sensitive to temperature extremes. Nothing to do with the actual bullet.


Yeah. It's not worded very well in their marketing stuff I don't think. Makes it sound a bit like the bullet magically ignores all environmental factors.

In practice it's the powder giving consistent muzzle velocity in different temperatures.
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Post by Blackened » 09 Nov 2013, 8:17 pm

If you believe their marketing stuff though it seems to do the trick.

They had a side-by-side of one of they cartridge vs a 'traditional' one, and at 600m the traditional ammo went up to 7" higher at 50c and 11" lower at -15c.

The Australian Outback group varied an each either way or something under the same conditions.
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