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Bucking the wind better BC or weight ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ray Meketa" data-source="post: 36484" data-attributes="member: 2778"><p>Trader</p><p></p><p>I think you're placing too much emphasis on BC. As you know, BC means absolutely nothing in 50 yard pistol shooting, but it has immense importance in 1000 yard target shooting. For all applications in-between those extremes, BC has varying degrees of importance and has to be given an appropriate value when making judgements as to the best rifle/cartridge combination to be used. In the example you gave (1000 yard deer hunting) I think I would give more importance to bullet construction than I would to BC. Neither of the two bullets you mentioned in your opening post are legitimate hunting bullets, IMHO. I would look for a combination that gave me a reasonably high BC, long range accuracy, all the velocity I can get, and good terminal performance at long range. You are likely to find several cartridge/bullet combinations that meet those criteria. Which one you choose is up to you. Keep in mind that those 1000 yard deer shots will be few and far between. How you intend to use the rifle the other 99% of the time is something to think about.</p><p></p><p>[ 10-18-2004: Message edited by: Cheechako ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ray Meketa, post: 36484, member: 2778"] Trader I think you're placing too much emphasis on BC. As you know, BC means absolutely nothing in 50 yard pistol shooting, but it has immense importance in 1000 yard target shooting. For all applications in-between those extremes, BC has varying degrees of importance and has to be given an appropriate value when making judgements as to the best rifle/cartridge combination to be used. In the example you gave (1000 yard deer hunting) I think I would give more importance to bullet construction than I would to BC. Neither of the two bullets you mentioned in your opening post are legitimate hunting bullets, IMHO. I would look for a combination that gave me a reasonably high BC, long range accuracy, all the velocity I can get, and good terminal performance at long range. You are likely to find several cartridge/bullet combinations that meet those criteria. Which one you choose is up to you. Keep in mind that those 1000 yard deer shots will be few and far between. How you intend to use the rifle the other 99% of the time is something to think about. [ 10-18-2004: Message edited by: Cheechako ] [/QUOTE]
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