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<blockquote data-quote="johnnyk" data-source="post: 358976" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>Wow, Jeremy, I was impressed after reading that. It sounds plausible. I have always had a hard time getting the secant ogive(s) to stabilize. I didn't know why they seemed to be "not as accurate", they just were. I never thought about less wind resistance being the culprit.</p><p>It somewhat goes along with reloads that have moly coated and lubricated bullets as opposed to the same "naked" bullet. For instance; the 150gn Ballistic Silver Tips that I have tried in the past, with a known good load, have never flown the same as the 150gn Ballistic Tip and the powder charge had to be tweaked. I assumed this was because of less barrel and wind resistance.</p><p>I have never done load development at extended ranges because if I couldn't get it to shoot under 1/2" at 100yds I sure as heck wasn't going to waste more powder on it, and walk more! These bullets, by the way, have usually been Hornady bullets and in one instance, Bergers. I always thought it was because of the missle design (secant) and tried to stay away from them, as in not buy them. Sometimes I can't help it and talk myself into buying them because I just know "this one" will be the exception. My favorite bullets are Noslers and Sierra's which have tangent ogives and usually exhibit great accuracy at 100yds and as far as I need them to. Thanks for that tidbit. JohnnyK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="johnnyk, post: 358976, member: 307"] Wow, Jeremy, I was impressed after reading that. It sounds plausible. I have always had a hard time getting the secant ogive(s) to stabilize. I didn't know why they seemed to be "not as accurate", they just were. I never thought about less wind resistance being the culprit. It somewhat goes along with reloads that have moly coated and lubricated bullets as opposed to the same "naked" bullet. For instance; the 150gn Ballistic Silver Tips that I have tried in the past, with a known good load, have never flown the same as the 150gn Ballistic Tip and the powder charge had to be tweaked. I assumed this was because of less barrel and wind resistance. I have never done load development at extended ranges because if I couldn't get it to shoot under 1/2" at 100yds I sure as heck wasn't going to waste more powder on it, and walk more! These bullets, by the way, have usually been Hornady bullets and in one instance, Bergers. I always thought it was because of the missle design (secant) and tried to stay away from them, as in not buy them. Sometimes I can't help it and talk myself into buying them because I just know "this one" will be the exception. My favorite bullets are Noslers and Sierra's which have tangent ogives and usually exhibit great accuracy at 100yds and as far as I need them to. Thanks for that tidbit. JohnnyK. [/QUOTE]
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