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New GSC 338 LRH bullets.
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<blockquote data-quote="Gerard Schultz" data-source="post: 1046091" data-attributes="member: 51"><p>MudRunner2005,</p><p></p><p>GSC is similarly priced to CEB and lower than many other turned bullets. We are even lower in price than North Fork and Swift A Frames. Refresh your browser and have a look at our latest price list and quantity packaging. On top of that, GSC does not charge for the design of a custom application as many other companies do.</p><p></p><p>We can never be as cheap as cup and core bullets or stamped bullets, but there are advantages to the way we do our bullets that cup and core or stamped bullets cannot match.</p><p></p><p>Bryan,</p><p></p><p>That would explain the lower BC. The two bullets that you tested from an 8" twist are designed to be fired from 9" and 10" twists. For an 8" twist in 338, you should be using the 309gr SP bullet. At the distances you are talking, tractability with the 232gr and 267gr SPs will be too strong and the bullet will fall sideways on the going down side of the trajectory. This makes a much bigger hole in the air and BC drops appreciably. We give this information on our technical profile for each bullet. </p><p></p><p>On the new format page, we also caution against using the BC figures we give for comparison with other manufacturers. Our BC numbers are pretty close to the truth, if they are used as we indicate. No other company gives such detailed technical advice and, once a reloader accepts that GSC does things differently, our technical data is found to be correct. The only way to get closer is by doing drop tables at the location. Using a BC number as 'advertising' is not good and using a BC number for 'comparison' falls in the same ballpark. We do neither.</p><p></p><p>Also, BC numbers cannot be 'averaged'. The bullet spends much more time at the lower BC when one does long distance work. Averaging multiple BC numbers will skew the final result and giving a single G1 BC number makes no sense in any case.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gerard Schultz, post: 1046091, member: 51"] MudRunner2005, GSC is similarly priced to CEB and lower than many other turned bullets. We are even lower in price than North Fork and Swift A Frames. Refresh your browser and have a look at our latest price list and quantity packaging. On top of that, GSC does not charge for the design of a custom application as many other companies do. We can never be as cheap as cup and core bullets or stamped bullets, but there are advantages to the way we do our bullets that cup and core or stamped bullets cannot match. Bryan, That would explain the lower BC. The two bullets that you tested from an 8" twist are designed to be fired from 9" and 10" twists. For an 8" twist in 338, you should be using the 309gr SP bullet. At the distances you are talking, tractability with the 232gr and 267gr SPs will be too strong and the bullet will fall sideways on the going down side of the trajectory. This makes a much bigger hole in the air and BC drops appreciably. We give this information on our technical profile for each bullet. On the new format page, we also caution against using the BC figures we give for comparison with other manufacturers. Our BC numbers are pretty close to the truth, if they are used as we indicate. No other company gives such detailed technical advice and, once a reloader accepts that GSC does things differently, our technical data is found to be correct. The only way to get closer is by doing drop tables at the location. Using a BC number as 'advertising' is not good and using a BC number for 'comparison' falls in the same ballpark. We do neither. Also, BC numbers cannot be 'averaged'. The bullet spends much more time at the lower BC when one does long distance work. Averaging multiple BC numbers will skew the final result and giving a single G1 BC number makes no sense in any case. [/QUOTE]
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