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Does "anyone" ever take Sectional Density into consideration!!
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1541913" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I totally agree with everything that you have written here in this post, and for me this thread has answered the question for me. I believe that it is <em><u>not</u></em> a given because one particular bullet has a high BC. I do believe that even though a high BC is a part of the equation, it is not the entire entity/equation when bullet selection is decided upon. Based upon the numerous responses with this thread (79) it is apparent to me that there are/were a number of hunters/shooters who have had questions about SD equally as well. Most of the shooting that I do are hunting shots, under 100 yards, but....it does not mean that an opportunity to take a longer shot does not exist. I shoot Barnes TSX 225 grain, 35 caliber out of the 35 Whelen. Whatever was hit with the Barnes, the penetration and exit wounds are beyond expectation. Yet if I am shooting at 300 yards, the Barnes bullets just don't shoot well at all. I have two Whelens and the like the Sierra 225 Gamekings SPBT bullets the best for shooting tight groups at 300 yards. Both point-of-impacts are the same with both bullets, however for close shooting I prefer the Barnes 225s to get the job done. And yes before reading this forum, <u><em>300 yards was a poke for me!</em></u> I'm building a .280 Ackley Improved (wildcat), and......I'm sure that there are many who read this forum who will say that the .280 AI is more than adequate to take a bear down, however I (and most outfitters) will tell you that they prefer the Whelen over the .280 any day. For me the .280 AI is a particular tool for a particular job, and....I like using the right tool for the job. When the build is complete and I get to shoot it, I am sure that there will be more threads posted if I cannot find a thread that will answer my particular question. Right now I am researching threads in hopes of finding a good scope for my build, from the various threads that I have read there's a lot of opinions on this topic too. But that's another thread for later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1541913, member: 69192"] I totally agree with everything that you have written here in this post, and for me this thread has answered the question for me. I believe that it is [I][U]not[/U][/I] a given because one particular bullet has a high BC. I do believe that even though a high BC is a part of the equation, it is not the entire entity/equation when bullet selection is decided upon. Based upon the numerous responses with this thread (79) it is apparent to me that there are/were a number of hunters/shooters who have had questions about SD equally as well. Most of the shooting that I do are hunting shots, under 100 yards, but....it does not mean that an opportunity to take a longer shot does not exist. I shoot Barnes TSX 225 grain, 35 caliber out of the 35 Whelen. Whatever was hit with the Barnes, the penetration and exit wounds are beyond expectation. Yet if I am shooting at 300 yards, the Barnes bullets just don't shoot well at all. I have two Whelens and the like the Sierra 225 Gamekings SPBT bullets the best for shooting tight groups at 300 yards. Both point-of-impacts are the same with both bullets, however for close shooting I prefer the Barnes 225s to get the job done. And yes before reading this forum, [U][I]300 yards was a poke for me![/I][/U] I'm building a .280 Ackley Improved (wildcat), and......I'm sure that there are many who read this forum who will say that the .280 AI is more than adequate to take a bear down, however I (and most outfitters) will tell you that they prefer the Whelen over the .280 any day. For me the .280 AI is a particular tool for a particular job, and....I like using the right tool for the job. When the build is complete and I get to shoot it, I am sure that there will be more threads posted if I cannot find a thread that will answer my particular question. Right now I am researching threads in hopes of finding a good scope for my build, from the various threads that I have read there's a lot of opinions on this topic too. But that's another thread for later. [/QUOTE]
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