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Image: Aimed Research Sub-Microsecond Photography of Federal Power-Shok 100grn .243

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Description: This photo demonstrates the terminal ballistic fragmentation of the Federal Power-Shok 100grn .243 projectile upon impact of a soft target such as the Clear Ballistics synthetic ordnance gelatin block. The image exposure was 1/2,000,000th of a second (0.0000005 sec), illuminated with a total of approximately 150,000,000 beam candela of light. The image was captured with a simple Canon Rebel XT. Note the multiple small and large projectile fragments. Image was captured on Tuesday August 12th by Kurt Groover and Nathan Boor of Aimed Research.
Title: Aimed Research Sub-Microsecond Photography of Federal Power-Shok 100grn .243
Credit: Own work
Author: Nathan Boor & Kurt Groover of Aimed Research
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
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