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Question about Ballistic Scaling
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<blockquote data-quote="mechengr" data-source="post: 1203391" data-attributes="member: 75894"><p>Thanks for sticking with me on this one. </p><p></p><p>I've used these BC conversion tools before, like what's found on the JBM website. The only drawback I see is that even though this says "G7", it's still based on the largely velocity-dependent G1 standard. And as mentioned in Chapter 2 of Applied Ballistics, Sierra does provide segmented G1 BCs which are more accurate when used in conjunction with each other, but I don't have a ballistics calculator capable of utilizing those segmented G1 BCs. </p><p></p><p>Again, I'm not so concerned with the outcomes of this exact bullet, but more so the larger concepts in general. </p><p></p><p>As an aside question, does anyone use Sierra's ballistics software? I just looked it up on their website and it looks like they have set it up to use their segmented BCs (not surprisingly!). Is it any better/worse than other programs? Does the fact that it's tailored for these Sierra bullets make the program worth it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mechengr, post: 1203391, member: 75894"] Thanks for sticking with me on this one. I've used these BC conversion tools before, like what's found on the JBM website. The only drawback I see is that even though this says "G7", it's still based on the largely velocity-dependent G1 standard. And as mentioned in Chapter 2 of Applied Ballistics, Sierra does provide segmented G1 BCs which are more accurate when used in conjunction with each other, but I don't have a ballistics calculator capable of utilizing those segmented G1 BCs. Again, I'm not so concerned with the outcomes of this exact bullet, but more so the larger concepts in general. As an aside question, does anyone use Sierra's ballistics software? I just looked it up on their website and it looks like they have set it up to use their segmented BCs (not surprisingly!). Is it any better/worse than other programs? Does the fact that it's tailored for these Sierra bullets make the program worth it? [/QUOTE]
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