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Pics of Berger Bullets NOT Performing????
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 750959" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>I'm not wrong. You change any variable in the calculation for determning BC and you change the BC and flight characteristics of the bullet. That of course ioncludes changing the mass, shape, or length.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/0/5/d/05d8fadc3435124a541697a17692efb1.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>where:</p><p> </p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>BCPhysics</em> = ballistic coefficient as used in physics and engineering</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>M</em> = mass</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>A</em> = cross-sectional area</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>Cd</em> = <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_coefficient" target="_blank">drag coefficient</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>ρ (rho)</em> = average <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density" target="_blank">density</a></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><em>l</em> = body length</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>Eric specifically addressed terminal performance with respect to meplat trimming in cautioning against dong so but did not mention the rest.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f17/pics-berger-bullets-not-performing-103068/index9.html#post728342" target="_blank">http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f17/pics-berger-bullets-not-performing-103068/index9.html#post728342</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 750959, member: 30902"] I'm not wrong. You change any variable in the calculation for determning BC and you change the BC and flight characteristics of the bullet. That of course ioncludes changing the mass, shape, or length. [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/math/0/5/d/05d8fadc3435124a541697a17692efb1.png[/IMG] where: [LIST] [*][I]BCPhysics[/I] = ballistic coefficient as used in physics and engineering [*][I]M[/I] = mass [*][I]A[/I] = cross-sectional area [*][I]Cd[/I] = [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_coefficient"]drag coefficient[/URL] [*][I]ρ (rho)[/I] = average [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density"]density[/URL] [*][I]l[/I] = body length [/LIST] Eric specifically addressed terminal performance with respect to meplat trimming in cautioning against dong so but did not mention the rest. [URL]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f17/pics-berger-bullets-not-performing-103068/index9.html#post728342[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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