bbraden
Well-Known Member
I went to the mountains this weekend and took my 300 Win Mag out to 500 yards. Altitude was 8,600'. Barnes publishes a .508 BC for the 175 LRX. I used my Labradar to take velocity readings at the muzzle and at 25 yard increments out to 100 yards. Muzzle velocity was 3000-3015 fps. After fiddling with the BC input on my Bullet Drop app, the BC that made the velocities correspond to the Labradar's reported velocities was .398! That's a huge difference!
I put the new BC in the app, held over the newly computed amount, and shot about a 5" group at 500 yards, pretty close to centered which tells me the .398 BC is about right.
Has anyone else trued BC on the 175 LRX and seen this sort of discrepancy?
I put the new BC in the app, held over the newly computed amount, and shot about a 5" group at 500 yards, pretty close to centered which tells me the .398 BC is about right.
Has anyone else trued BC on the 175 LRX and seen this sort of discrepancy?