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Bullet weight, how big can you go?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ridgerunner665" data-source="post: 1028440" data-attributes="member: 12660"><p>The OP is on the right track...time of flight comes onto play...sometimes the lighter bullet with a decent BC just flat outruns the heavier bullet with only a slightly better BC...</p><p></p><p>Case in point...the following will be true for most 7mm rounds below 7mm STW, regardless of barrel length...280 Ackley used for this comparison though....pay particular attention the the wind drift.</p><p></p><p>Nosler 150 grain Accubond LR, using Litz BC...1,000 ft elevation, 20 mph crosswind</p><p><a href="http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/05df828b-064b-48f1-af72-d5019273e8ad_zps36d5768a.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/05df828b-064b-48f1-af72-d5019273e8ad_zps36d5768a.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>168 Nosler Accubond...same conditions, Litz BC</p><p><a href="http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/f7bfe82e-9dcd-41d8-995b-a8b1a7d2da12_zpsec5d9bff.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/f7bfe82e-9dcd-41d8-995b-a8b1a7d2da12_zpsec5d9bff.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>180 Berger...same conditions</p><p><a href="http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/d1fd8497-e0bf-4d94-baf6-61087cd732d7_zpsd2e767c5.png.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/d1fd8497-e0bf-4d94-baf6-61087cd732d7_zpsd2e767c5.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ridgerunner665, post: 1028440, member: 12660"] The OP is on the right track...time of flight comes onto play...sometimes the lighter bullet with a decent BC just flat outruns the heavier bullet with only a slightly better BC... Case in point...the following will be true for most 7mm rounds below 7mm STW, regardless of barrel length...280 Ackley used for this comparison though....pay particular attention the the wind drift. Nosler 150 grain Accubond LR, using Litz BC...1,000 ft elevation, 20 mph crosswind [URL=http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/05df828b-064b-48f1-af72-d5019273e8ad_zps36d5768a.png.html][IMG]http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/05df828b-064b-48f1-af72-d5019273e8ad_zps36d5768a.png[/IMG][/URL] 168 Nosler Accubond...same conditions, Litz BC [URL=http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/f7bfe82e-9dcd-41d8-995b-a8b1a7d2da12_zpsec5d9bff.png.html][IMG]http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/f7bfe82e-9dcd-41d8-995b-a8b1a7d2da12_zpsec5d9bff.png[/IMG][/URL] 180 Berger...same conditions [URL=http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Ridgerunner665/media/d1fd8497-e0bf-4d94-baf6-61087cd732d7_zpsd2e767c5.png.html][IMG]http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc137/Ridgerunner665/d1fd8497-e0bf-4d94-baf6-61087cd732d7_zpsd2e767c5.png[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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