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How important is bc?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sticker" data-source="post: 357278" data-attributes="member: 22790"><p>It can make a difference in you hold on range. I like to set my rifles to be at zero at 300 yards. High BC bullets may be 3 inchs high at 175 yards, lower BC bullets may be 5 inches high at 175 yards. It makes a difference on being right on the range if you are more than 350 yards. On the setting of 3 inches high , I missed an elk in Canada because I set my sight the at 2 inches high at a 100 yards, on my .280 Ackly, because I was planning on moose at close range. A guide offered me an elk opportunity and told me he was 300 yards. He was probably 400 yards. I was conditioned to the 300 yard setting so I held dead on. I hit him in the front leg running on the 3rd shot. If I had set at the accustomed 3 inch setting, I would have been 5 inches low instead of 16 inches low and I would not have lost the elk. With a lower BC bullet , I woud have missed either way because of an error in range estimation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sticker, post: 357278, member: 22790"] It can make a difference in you hold on range. I like to set my rifles to be at zero at 300 yards. High BC bullets may be 3 inchs high at 175 yards, lower BC bullets may be 5 inches high at 175 yards. It makes a difference on being right on the range if you are more than 350 yards. On the setting of 3 inches high , I missed an elk in Canada because I set my sight the at 2 inches high at a 100 yards, on my .280 Ackly, because I was planning on moose at close range. A guide offered me an elk opportunity and told me he was 300 yards. He was probably 400 yards. I was conditioned to the 300 yard setting so I held dead on. I hit him in the front leg running on the 3rd shot. If I had set at the accustomed 3 inch setting, I would have been 5 inches low instead of 16 inches low and I would not have lost the elk. With a lower BC bullet , I woud have missed either way because of an error in range estimation. [/QUOTE]
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