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Flat Base versus Boat tail
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<blockquote data-quote="H-BAR" data-source="post: 5883" data-attributes="member: 1281"><p>Flat base bullets are easier to make shoot accurately at short range but boat tail bullets are the best for long range however more finicky when trying to get them to shoot good. Slight variations in wind would affect a flat base bullet more dramatically than a boat tail. Generally speaking a boat tail has a higher ballistic coefficient than a flat base. One exception that comes to mind is the Berger 87gr flat base having a higher bc than the 90gr Sierra Game King. They do say that the boat tail helps keep a bullet stable when the bullet goes sub sonic. I would have no experience with this because I have only shot to around 1000yds and what I have shot is not going subsonic at that distance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="H-BAR, post: 5883, member: 1281"] Flat base bullets are easier to make shoot accurately at short range but boat tail bullets are the best for long range however more finicky when trying to get them to shoot good. Slight variations in wind would affect a flat base bullet more dramatically than a boat tail. Generally speaking a boat tail has a higher ballistic coefficient than a flat base. One exception that comes to mind is the Berger 87gr flat base having a higher bc than the 90gr Sierra Game King. They do say that the boat tail helps keep a bullet stable when the bullet goes sub sonic. I would have no experience with this because I have only shot to around 1000yds and what I have shot is not going subsonic at that distance. [/QUOTE]
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