Danehunter
Well-Known Member
OK, so hunters need cartridges that actually fit inside their magazines and reliably work through their rifle's actions. This means that often long VLD bullets are not going to be compatible with with most magazines and actions.
So companies like Berger, Barnes, Hornady, Nosler, Cutting Edge, etc. make their high BC hunting bullets with compromises.
For example Berger makes a "Hybrid" shape that is a blend of VLD and standard ogive shape to give a shorter bullet with a very good BC.
Cutting Edge does away (mostly) with the boat tail shape to get its weight up but keep bullet length with in reason and claim high BCs.
Hornady mildly plays with bullet ogive. hard plastic meplat and boat tail design to get decent BCs.
It remains to be seen which approach to bullet shape is the best but my money is with Berger's Hybrid, seeing how well it carries beyond the standard supersonic distance of most hunting bullets of the same weights. Berger's Hybrid bullet shape advantage has been proven by its chief ballistician Brian Litz, a guru of real world ballistics (as opposed to mathematical modeling derived ballistics).
Let all the bullet companies show us their real world ballistic facts. "The bullet does not lie" as respected long range instructor Todd Hodnett says. What is that old saying? "Figures don't lie but liars figure."
Eric B.
So companies like Berger, Barnes, Hornady, Nosler, Cutting Edge, etc. make their high BC hunting bullets with compromises.
For example Berger makes a "Hybrid" shape that is a blend of VLD and standard ogive shape to give a shorter bullet with a very good BC.
Cutting Edge does away (mostly) with the boat tail shape to get its weight up but keep bullet length with in reason and claim high BCs.
Hornady mildly plays with bullet ogive. hard plastic meplat and boat tail design to get decent BCs.
It remains to be seen which approach to bullet shape is the best but my money is with Berger's Hybrid, seeing how well it carries beyond the standard supersonic distance of most hunting bullets of the same weights. Berger's Hybrid bullet shape advantage has been proven by its chief ballistician Brian Litz, a guru of real world ballistics (as opposed to mathematical modeling derived ballistics).
Let all the bullet companies show us their real world ballistic facts. "The bullet does not lie" as respected long range instructor Todd Hodnett says. What is that old saying? "Figures don't lie but liars figure."
Eric B.
