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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 11979" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p><strong>new twist on b.c.\'s</strong></p><p></p><p>I RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DAVE BROWN AT SIERRA ABOUT BC'S. DAVE IS THE GUY WHO THE OTHER TECHS REFER YOU TO WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN STUMPED BECAUSE HE WORKS FOR NASA MAINLY AND HE KNOWS BC LIKE NOBODY ELSE. HE SAID THAT SIERRA TESTS ALL THEIR BC'S AT ABOUT 400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND HE SUSPECTS THAT MOST BULLETS FIRED OUT OF NORMAL BARRELS GAIN SOME SMALL BC WHEN FIRED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. NATURALLY HE WAS SURPRISED WHEN I TOLD HIM I TESTED THE BERGER 140/6.5MM AT 500 YARDS AT AN ELEVATION OF 5000 FEET AND FOUND A NEW BC OF .704!! THIS BULLET IS RATED BY BERGER AT .627. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME TEST AT 10,000 FEET AND SEE WHAT SURPRISES I GET THEN! I WILL LET YOU KNOW!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 11979, member: 2852"] [b]new twist on b.c.\'s[/b] I RECENTLY HAD A CONVERSATION WITH DAVE BROWN AT SIERRA ABOUT BC'S. DAVE IS THE GUY WHO THE OTHER TECHS REFER YOU TO WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN STUMPED BECAUSE HE WORKS FOR NASA MAINLY AND HE KNOWS BC LIKE NOBODY ELSE. HE SAID THAT SIERRA TESTS ALL THEIR BC'S AT ABOUT 400 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND HE SUSPECTS THAT MOST BULLETS FIRED OUT OF NORMAL BARRELS GAIN SOME SMALL BC WHEN FIRED AT HIGHER ELEVATIONS. NATURALLY HE WAS SURPRISED WHEN I TOLD HIM I TESTED THE BERGER 140/6.5MM AT 500 YARDS AT AN ELEVATION OF 5000 FEET AND FOUND A NEW BC OF .704!! THIS BULLET IS RATED BY BERGER AT .627. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THE SAME TEST AT 10,000 FEET AND SEE WHAT SURPRISES I GET THEN! I WILL LET YOU KNOW! [/QUOTE]
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