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Ballistic Coefficient (BC) - How important is it?
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote_Hunter" data-source="post: 1819242" data-attributes="member: 110773"><p>What distance does 'X' represent? Bullets that perform well on game at 1000 yards may not do so at short ranges. I prefer a bullet that will perform well at all ranges I'm willing to take a shot, which means anywhere out to 600 yards, which is the limit of my practice. (And conditions would have to be perfect for me to take a 600 yard shot.)</p><p></p><p>My first elk was taken with a 162g Hornady BTSP InterLock at around 100 yards. The bullet passed cratered a rib on the near side and passed between the ribs on the far side, possibly nicking one. Although the challenge to its integrity wasn't great, the bullet lost more than 50</p><p></p><p>% of its weight, eventually coming to rest under the hide on the far side. That bullet was chosen for its .514 B.C. value. </p><p></p><p>The next year I switched to a 160g Speer Grand Slam, B.C. .389. I used the Grand Slam for the next 20+ years. It took those 20+ years to recover one and when I finally did it had destroyed both shoulder joints of a 6x5 bull elk before coming to rest peeking out of the bone on the far side. Retained weight was over 70%. In the last 38 years I've taken more elk and deer with that bullet than all other bullets combined. I finally gave it up because I wanted a little better accuracy and found the North Fork SS did what I wanted. These days I also use Barnes MRX/TTSX/LRX, Swift A-Frame and Nosler AccuBond. Which one I use for a particular hunt depends on which rifle I'm taking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote_Hunter, post: 1819242, member: 110773"] What distance does ‘X’ represent? Bullets that perform well on game at 1000 yards may not do so at short ranges. I prefer a bullet that will perform well at all ranges I’m willing to take a shot, which means anywhere out to 600 yards, which is the limit of my practice. (And conditions would have to be perfect for me to take a 600 yard shot.) My first elk was taken with a 162g Hornady BTSP InterLock at around 100 yards. The bullet passed cratered a rib on the near side and passed between the ribs on the far side, possibly nicking one. Although the challenge to its integrity wasn’t great, the bullet lost more than 50 % of its weight, eventually coming to rest under the hide on the far side. That bullet was chosen for its .514 B.C. value. The next year I switched to a 160g Speer Grand Slam, B.C. .389. I used the Grand Slam for the next 20+ years. It took those 20+ years to recover one and when I finally did it had destroyed both shoulder joints of a 6x5 bull elk before coming to rest peeking out of the bone on the far side. Retained weight was over 70%. In the last 38 years I’ve taken more elk and deer with that bullet than all other bullets combined. I finally gave it up because I wanted a little better accuracy and found the North Fork SS did what I wanted. These days I also use Barnes MRX/TTSX/LRX, Swift A-Frame and Nosler AccuBond. Which one I use for a particular hunt depends on which rifle I’m taking. [/QUOTE]
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