FMJ yaw and upset performance

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...the interest in steel-cased ammunition is already very high, so there is little to be gained at this point beyond satisfying someone's curiosity.

Judging by discussions on arfcom and other forums, interest was very high right after the FMJ load was announced. Since then it's died down considerably, and will continue to decline until more news brings it back into the spotlight.

I would also very much like to see the results of gel- and other tests. We have been told that that information will be released in due course.

Told by whom? The one that counts is Bill Alexander, and in his recent post it sounds like he intends to not release the FMJ gel test, be it pre-production or production.

http://www.65grendel.com/forum/showthrea...#post14155

I can wait, however, because I am confident there will be no surprises when the data is released. You have enough experience in these things that you should also have a good understanding of what the tests will tell us.

I expect the 6.5 FMJ to perform similar to 5.45 military ball:



But, that isn't the same as actually knowing how it performs.

Let's give folks space to do what they have decided needs to be done -- after all, it is their livelihood, not ours, at stake.

If I thought that publishing gel test photos had any probability of adverse impact on their livelihood, I wouldn't even consider requesting it. But there are a multitude of gel test pics that have been published on the internet and in magazines, and I've yet to hear of any negative effect on the manufacturers.

In the meantime, all the ranting about publishing tests only supports the view that someone is trying to hide bad news.

You have it backwards. It's not the request to publish that causes the view someone is trying to hide bad news. It's the refusal to publish.