Tumbleweed
Well-Known Member
Hi all.
So I would like to get some feedback on your experiences with the working ballistic coefficient numbers for the 230 Hybrid Target bullet. What B/C's have you found to work in your programs producing matching drop data? The original published B/C's for the 230 were .380 G7 and .743 G1. As we all know those were updated a while back to be .368 G7 and .717 G1.
I recently used a friend's Magnetospeed for fun and discovered a BIG difference between what my numbers suggest I'm running velocity wise and what his chrono says. We're talking 80fps difference. I have been successfully using the .368 G7 B/C in my Shooter program to 2100 yards and it was spot on. I run a drop verified 3,210fps out of a 9 twist barrel.
So I proceed to mount the riflescope in a fixture to run a tracking test on it to see whether my data was skewed by over/undertracking. I was able to confirm that the scope tracks perfectly to 25 MOA and by 30-40 MOA is barely overtracking by .25MOA.
At this point all that's left to skew numbers making the program velocity appear incorrect is ballistic coefficient. I ran numbers between the original .380G7 and the updated .368G7 with the same input velocity. At 1110 yards this would only amount to .4 MOA difference. If I adjust the velocity in the program to make the higher B/C match known drop on target my muzzle velocity would still be within 25fps of what I'm running in my program now.
So, my conclusion at this point is that my friend's Magnetospeed is having issues or the 230's B/C is running much higher than expected in my rifle.
Not sweating this in the least as my numbers work extremely well and are proven with drops. This just has me slightly puzzled.
Thanks!
Jesse
So I would like to get some feedback on your experiences with the working ballistic coefficient numbers for the 230 Hybrid Target bullet. What B/C's have you found to work in your programs producing matching drop data? The original published B/C's for the 230 were .380 G7 and .743 G1. As we all know those were updated a while back to be .368 G7 and .717 G1.
I recently used a friend's Magnetospeed for fun and discovered a BIG difference between what my numbers suggest I'm running velocity wise and what his chrono says. We're talking 80fps difference. I have been successfully using the .368 G7 B/C in my Shooter program to 2100 yards and it was spot on. I run a drop verified 3,210fps out of a 9 twist barrel.
So I proceed to mount the riflescope in a fixture to run a tracking test on it to see whether my data was skewed by over/undertracking. I was able to confirm that the scope tracks perfectly to 25 MOA and by 30-40 MOA is barely overtracking by .25MOA.
At this point all that's left to skew numbers making the program velocity appear incorrect is ballistic coefficient. I ran numbers between the original .380G7 and the updated .368G7 with the same input velocity. At 1110 yards this would only amount to .4 MOA difference. If I adjust the velocity in the program to make the higher B/C match known drop on target my muzzle velocity would still be within 25fps of what I'm running in my program now.
So, my conclusion at this point is that my friend's Magnetospeed is having issues or the 230's B/C is running much higher than expected in my rifle.
Not sweating this in the least as my numbers work extremely well and are proven with drops. This just has me slightly puzzled.
Thanks!
Jesse