FMJ yaw and upset performance

[noone]

Anecdotal reports are discounted in drug testing, and other types of testing because they are so often biased. The only truly useful data will come from actual testing in both field conditions, and lab conditions. These tests must use not only gell, but also actual tissue such as pig or goat carcasses. By combining both the lab, field, and carcass testing, we can get a reasonably accurate prediction of how a bullet will likely perform.

However, this kind of testing is very expensive, and time consuming. Unless a military is already looking for a new cartridge, or if someone is interested in selling a new cartridge, this testing is very unlikely to be done just out of simple curiosity.

This type of testing also gets us away from hit probability as a factor. It is presumed that the bullet will performed based on placement. Trying to predict a bullet's effectiveness based on the varying degree of marksmanship that the troops demonstrate, is sort of like predicting who will win the Indy 500 based on driver's skill, without considering vehicle performance...or like predicting the race based on vehicle performance without considering driver performance.

If we presume the same amount of marksmanship, or drivers skill, in either case, the bullet with better performance, and the vehicle with better performance will be superior.