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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 668503" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>I think the thing that has been missed on the bc issue is that the weight of the bullet is part of the bc calculation. The aluminum ball and lead ball of the same exact dimensions for example. The lead ball will have a higher bc because it is heavier. Thus it will have less wind drift.</p><p> </p><p>You can have a lighter bullet of same caliber with higher bc because of form. The lighter bullet with better form will have less wind drift, at all distances, than the heavier one even if they are driven at the same velocity. Now we all know that we can drive the better form lighter weight bullet faster than the heavier one of lesser form which will make the performance difference in favor of the lighter bullet exponentially better.</p><p> </p><p>In short the rule that heavier bullets perform better than lighter bullets in flight is short sighted and wrong.</p><p> </p><p>My .02</p><p> </p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 668503, member: 7999"] I think the thing that has been missed on the bc issue is that the weight of the bullet is part of the bc calculation. The aluminum ball and lead ball of the same exact dimensions for example. The lead ball will have a higher bc because it is heavier. Thus it will have less wind drift. You can have a lighter bullet of same caliber with higher bc because of form. The lighter bullet with better form will have less wind drift, at all distances, than the heavier one even if they are driven at the same velocity. Now we all know that we can drive the better form lighter weight bullet faster than the heavier one of lesser form which will make the performance difference in favor of the lighter bullet exponentially better. In short the rule that heavier bullets perform better than lighter bullets in flight is short sighted and wrong. My .02 Steve [/QUOTE]
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