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Are you thinking of BC the wrong way?
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1309398" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>I use applied ballistics for my Ballistic solutions, and I also use it when choosing bullet selection. Prior to purchasing the 147 eldm's for my .260 ai, A.B. didn't have that bullet in their list yet, so I went to hornady's site and found the stepped b.c. that hornady lists, the link to it is on the bullets page, and used the ability of A.B. to enter in the b.c.'s that are stepped by velocity bands (like 2100 fps to 1700 fps average, for instance) and had 3 or 4 different velocity bands, and estimated a velocity I could get and compared it to my current load, and that's why I switched to the 147's. </p><p></p><p>Now I use the actual mapped out trajectory that applied ballistics tested, and it is spot on, I also compared it to my stepped velocity from hornady and the two were within .25 MOA all the way out go a mile. </p><p></p><p>But in my mind, using applied ballistics or an app that has similar abilities is the best way to choose a bullet, just like Doc said, make sure you enter the proper b.c. and it gives you a good fair comparison of ballistics when looking at bullets, and a.b. even gives you graphs so you can visually compare. Just my thoughts</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1309398, member: 87243"] I use applied ballistics for my Ballistic solutions, and I also use it when choosing bullet selection. Prior to purchasing the 147 eldm's for my .260 ai, A.B. didn't have that bullet in their list yet, so I went to hornady's site and found the stepped b.c. that hornady lists, the link to it is on the bullets page, and used the ability of A.B. to enter in the b.c.'s that are stepped by velocity bands (like 2100 fps to 1700 fps average, for instance) and had 3 or 4 different velocity bands, and estimated a velocity I could get and compared it to my current load, and that's why I switched to the 147's. Now I use the actual mapped out trajectory that applied ballistics tested, and it is spot on, I also compared it to my stepped velocity from hornady and the two were within .25 MOA all the way out go a mile. But in my mind, using applied ballistics or an app that has similar abilities is the best way to choose a bullet, just like Doc said, make sure you enter the proper b.c. and it gives you a good fair comparison of ballistics when looking at bullets, and a.b. even gives you graphs so you can visually compare. Just my thoughts [/QUOTE]
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