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Bullet weight, how big can you go?
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<blockquote data-quote="J E Custom" data-source="post: 1028379" data-attributes="member: 2736"><p>The way I do bullet selection is by running the Ballistic Profile for each bullet in that cartridge</p><p>that you want to look at by Possible velocities of each.</p><p></p><p>Look at the drop chart and energy of each and plot them one on top of the other for comparison.</p><p></p><p>On lots of cartridge/bullet combinations where(What distance) the bullet drops below the recommended energy you can look at the drop of each and see which bullet is best in that rifle</p><p>for the job.</p><p></p><p>Lighter bullets will have a flatter trajectory out to a point and then the heaver bullet will have less drop from that point on than the lighter bullet. but if this convergence is past the minimum energy</p><p>requirement It really doesn't matter which one you use, and you have to drop back to the recommended energy level for the game it is to be used for.</p><p></p><p>It is true that the heaver bullets retain energy better and are better for extreme long range, but in many cases the lighter bullet will reach its target with more energy than the heavy bullet because of the added velocity, plus it will have flatter trajectory. so in many cases the lighter bullets will perform better at shorter distance. </p><p></p><p>So look at all of the parameters (Not a fixed distance) and then decide which is best for the use.</p><p></p><p>This is also one of those topics that there will never be a 100% agreement on so each person has to decide which is best for them, because there is no best bullet. (If there was, everyone would be shooting the same bullet.</p><p></p><p>J E CUSTOM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J E Custom, post: 1028379, member: 2736"] The way I do bullet selection is by running the Ballistic Profile for each bullet in that cartridge that you want to look at by Possible velocities of each. Look at the drop chart and energy of each and plot them one on top of the other for comparison. On lots of cartridge/bullet combinations where(What distance) the bullet drops below the recommended energy you can look at the drop of each and see which bullet is best in that rifle for the job. Lighter bullets will have a flatter trajectory out to a point and then the heaver bullet will have less drop from that point on than the lighter bullet. but if this convergence is past the minimum energy requirement It really doesn't matter which one you use, and you have to drop back to the recommended energy level for the game it is to be used for. It is true that the heaver bullets retain energy better and are better for extreme long range, but in many cases the lighter bullet will reach its target with more energy than the heavy bullet because of the added velocity, plus it will have flatter trajectory. so in many cases the lighter bullets will perform better at shorter distance. So look at all of the parameters (Not a fixed distance) and then decide which is best for the use. This is also one of those topics that there will never be a 100% agreement on so each person has to decide which is best for them, because there is no best bullet. (If there was, everyone would be shooting the same bullet. J E CUSTOM [/QUOTE]
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