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Hunting Bullets and BC's
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<blockquote data-quote="BergerFan222" data-source="post: 1073722" data-attributes="member: 88896"><p>It doesn't take much wind drift to miss a groundhog at 300 yards. A deer facing you is also a narrow target that wind drift can cause a miss or poor hit on. Deer and groundhogs are easy to kill, so the notion of the highest BC bullet that will reliably expand is usually pretty good advice. There is no need for partitions and solid copper bullets on these targets. </p><p></p><p>The "high BC" approach will also work well on larger animals as long as high BC is achieved with enough bullet weight and sectional density that good penetration is ensured by weight rather than by construction. Given that there is a wide range of powder capacities in different cartridges, I think the best advice might be "<strong>shoot the highest BC bullet that your gun will shoot at 2900 fps and that will reliably expand out to your desired maximum range</strong>."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BergerFan222, post: 1073722, member: 88896"] It doesn't take much wind drift to miss a groundhog at 300 yards. A deer facing you is also a narrow target that wind drift can cause a miss or poor hit on. Deer and groundhogs are easy to kill, so the notion of the highest BC bullet that will reliably expand is usually pretty good advice. There is no need for partitions and solid copper bullets on these targets. The "high BC" approach will also work well on larger animals as long as high BC is achieved with enough bullet weight and sectional density that good penetration is ensured by weight rather than by construction. Given that there is a wide range of powder capacities in different cartridges, I think the best advice might be "[B]shoot the highest BC bullet that your gun will shoot at 2900 fps and that will reliably expand out to your desired maximum range[/B]." [/QUOTE]
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