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Long range bullets that will penetrate up close without blowing up.
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<blockquote data-quote="Greasegun" data-source="post: 1839379" data-attributes="member: 112196"><p>Leaving mass out of the B.C. equation would defy physics. </p><p></p><p>"Heavier objects do not fall faster than lighter objects when they are dropped from a certain height IF there is no resistance from the air. ... Because of this, the resistance from the air slows the fall of the lighter thing. But if both objects had the same ratio of mass to surface area, they would fall at the same rate."</p><p></p><p>As such, 2 bullets of precisely the same shape, but with 2 different amounts of mass, (copper vs lead) will resist the influence of drag differently. So in other words, if barnes made a copper bullet with precisely the same shape as the nosler ablr, its B.C. would be lower. The only way a copper bullet could have a higher B.C. would be for the copper bullet to have a smaller drag coefficient or diameter than the lead bullet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greasegun, post: 1839379, member: 112196"] Leaving mass out of the B.C. equation would defy physics. "Heavier objects do not fall faster than lighter objects when they are dropped from a certain height IF there is no resistance from the air. ... Because of this, the resistance from the air slows the fall of the lighter thing. But if both objects had the same ratio of mass to surface area, they would fall at the same rate." As such, 2 bullets of precisely the same shape, but with 2 different amounts of mass, (copper vs lead) will resist the influence of drag differently. So in other words, if barnes made a copper bullet with precisely the same shape as the nosler ablr, its B.C. would be lower. The only way a copper bullet could have a higher B.C. would be for the copper bullet to have a smaller drag coefficient or diameter than the lead bullet. [/QUOTE]
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