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Bucking the wind better BC or weight ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 36482" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>As said, BC is dependent not only on the shape, but the weight for a given caliber. It may be confusing, but it's really meant to simplify things for you by doing a bunch of math for you. Take a whiffle ball the same size and shape as a baseball. Which holds onto its velocity better when you throw it? </p><p> <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>If you made another two bullets, one out of lead and one out of copper, that had the same ogive and boat tail, and weighed the same, wouldn't the copper bullet be longer and have a heigher BC?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE></p><p>No. It would pretty much be a toss-up. If anything, the copper bullet would have more skin drag giving it a lower BC but that's such a small part of the overall picture it would likely get lost in the noise of stablization differences between the two out of any given rifle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 36482, member: 319"] As said, BC is dependent not only on the shape, but the weight for a given caliber. It may be confusing, but it's really meant to simplify things for you by doing a bunch of math for you. Take a whiffle ball the same size and shape as a baseball. Which holds onto its velocity better when you throw it? <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>If you made another two bullets, one out of lead and one out of copper, that had the same ogive and boat tail, and weighed the same, wouldn't the copper bullet be longer and have a heigher BC?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> No. It would pretty much be a toss-up. If anything, the copper bullet would have more skin drag giving it a lower BC but that's such a small part of the overall picture it would likely get lost in the noise of stablization differences between the two out of any given rifle. [/QUOTE]
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