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375 Caliber A-max...might be a possibility. Please read.
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 897121" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>It's very debatable. Equal weight between the two means the mono metal will be longer. Adding length does a BC no favors. In fact just the opposite. The only time length aids in BC is lengthening the nose and or boat tail.</p><p></p><p>Same SD, same form factor, longer projectile = lower BC.</p><p>Same SD, same form factor, shorter projectile = higher BC.</p><p></p><p>When dealing with lighter for caliber bullets, mono metals maybe easier to make longer noses without making a ridiculously short bearing surface but in the context here, using heavier for caliber bullets (this is about long range) there is not a nose profile you can put on a mono metal that you cant put on jacketed lead bullet.</p><p></p><p>I have personally shot the 178 amax over double chronographs side by side with the 177 GS bullets. Lets just say that the GS bullet wasn't even close to published. In fact, they were about the same as the 178s. By looking at them you would think that they would blow the 178s doors off but it just isn't in the cards. </p><p></p><p>You cannot fight sectional density and specific gravity. They just flat out play too big of a role in what makes a BC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 897121, member: 1007"] It's very debatable. Equal weight between the two means the mono metal will be longer. Adding length does a BC no favors. In fact just the opposite. The only time length aids in BC is lengthening the nose and or boat tail. Same SD, same form factor, longer projectile = lower BC. Same SD, same form factor, shorter projectile = higher BC. When dealing with lighter for caliber bullets, mono metals maybe easier to make longer noses without making a ridiculously short bearing surface but in the context here, using heavier for caliber bullets (this is about long range) there is not a nose profile you can put on a mono metal that you cant put on jacketed lead bullet. I have personally shot the 178 amax over double chronographs side by side with the 177 GS bullets. Lets just say that the GS bullet wasn't even close to published. In fact, they were about the same as the 178s. By looking at them you would think that they would blow the 178s doors off but it just isn't in the cards. You cannot fight sectional density and specific gravity. They just flat out play too big of a role in what makes a BC. [/QUOTE]
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