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Rebated Boat Tail bullet question
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<blockquote data-quote="Brent" data-source="post: 67526" data-attributes="member: 99"><p>Kirby,</p><p></p><p>It's true, a bullet with BC's just several points lower than another will often be overlooked when in fact it's not much lower at all and downrange it would be very hard to notice on a given day which of the bullets was used. Take a look at the 200 gr Nosler Accubond. Good bullet, relatively high BC (.585), and compare it to the 210 JLK (.665). One has a distinct advantage in the wind, retained energy and offers a larger window with regaurd to range estimation error, all of which lead us to look for high BC bullets. Still, the 200gr Accubond is a good choice as well. </p><p></p><p>Giving up .2 in BC is a little too steep for me, .1 or so maybe, but it better shoot way better than the higher BC bullet did or have something else to offer cause it's going to get hammered in the wind way down range. Comparing groups on a decent day is ok with high and low BC bullets, but it's when condition get more adverse that the high BC bullet is way more forgiving.</p><p></p><p>Sierra's 240 and 300gr MK's are hard to beat. Thankfully there are more and more high BC bullets that are real close to them now days, and like you say, offering even better accuracy in many rifles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brent, post: 67526, member: 99"] Kirby, It's true, a bullet with BC's just several points lower than another will often be overlooked when in fact it's not much lower at all and downrange it would be very hard to notice on a given day which of the bullets was used. Take a look at the 200 gr Nosler Accubond. Good bullet, relatively high BC (.585), and compare it to the 210 JLK (.665). One has a distinct advantage in the wind, retained energy and offers a larger window with regaurd to range estimation error, all of which lead us to look for high BC bullets. Still, the 200gr Accubond is a good choice as well. Giving up .2 in BC is a little too steep for me, .1 or so maybe, but it better shoot way better than the higher BC bullet did or have something else to offer cause it's going to get hammered in the wind way down range. Comparing groups on a decent day is ok with high and low BC bullets, but it's when condition get more adverse that the high BC bullet is way more forgiving. Sierra's 240 and 300gr MK's are hard to beat. Thankfully there are more and more high BC bullets that are real close to them now days, and like you say, offering even better accuracy in many rifles. [/QUOTE]
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