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Old 19th Jan 2017, 21:42
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PersonFromPorlock
 
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The tip of that projectile is not deformed at all. I'd have thought that it hitting a flying plane might have an impact on the tip ...
Spin-stabilized bullets tend to keep the orientation they had when they left the barrel, not streamline. It's entirely possible that the bullet was falling base-first when the plane hit it.
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