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The Basics, Starting Out
Long range hunting comes down to 2 separate things wind and flight time
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<blockquote data-quote="brant89" data-source="post: 2619780" data-attributes="member: 49553"><p>The physics will remain the same regardless of bullet diameter. I chose those two bullets simply because the BC's are dramatically different and those are realistic velocities for those bullets. Bullets that are the same diameter and weight aren't going to have such a dramatic BC differential, so we will have to stretch the distance a bit more to see a meaningful difference. We could look at the Speer .308 200gr TBBC @ 3600 vs the Sierra .308 200gr SMK @ 2700 at 400 yards:</p><p></p><p>Speer TBBC = 10.8" drift, .394 TOF, .061 lag</p><p>Sierra SMK = 10.4" drift, .503 TOF, .058 lag</p><p></p><p>Again, the drift correlates directly to lag time regardless of more than a .1s longer flight time on the SMK.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brant89, post: 2619780, member: 49553"] The physics will remain the same regardless of bullet diameter. I chose those two bullets simply because the BC’s are dramatically different and those are realistic velocities for those bullets. Bullets that are the same diameter and weight aren’t going to have such a dramatic BC differential, so we will have to stretch the distance a bit more to see a meaningful difference. We could look at the Speer .308 200gr TBBC @ 3600 vs the Sierra .308 200gr SMK @ 2700 at 400 yards: Speer TBBC = 10.8” drift, .394 TOF, .061 lag Sierra SMK = 10.4” drift, .503 TOF, .058 lag Again, the drift correlates directly to lag time regardless of more than a .1s longer flight time on the SMK. [/QUOTE]
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