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Reloading
Velocity vs accuracy
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<blockquote data-quote="dsculley" data-source="post: 1278087" data-attributes="member: 77514"><p>If 300 yds is your max shot, then put your load into a good ballistics program and check the drop, wind drift and energy at 300 yds. Then do the same thing with the velocity you think you would like. Compare the results. </p><p></p><p>I ran this load and compared it to one at 3000 fps. There was only about 1.5" difference in drop at 300 yds. Your load had 2013 ft.lbs. of energy while the 3000 fps load had 2277. Yours is more than adequate for most game. (for this comparison I assumed a G7 ballistic coefficient of .3 so results will vary slightly depending on the actual BC)</p><p></p><p>I consider the ethics involved as well. If you can place that round where you KNOW it will result in a quick kill that allows you to recover the animal, that is much preferable to a faster round that does not impact on point of aim and results in the animal running off and possibly not being recovered. </p><p></p><p>As Trnelson said, speed and energy are good only if they impact the animal. Personally, I will never sacrifice accuracy for speed. If I can't hit what I am aiming at then it does not matter how fast the bullet gets there or how much energy it has.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dsculley, post: 1278087, member: 77514"] If 300 yds is your max shot, then put your load into a good ballistics program and check the drop, wind drift and energy at 300 yds. Then do the same thing with the velocity you think you would like. Compare the results. I ran this load and compared it to one at 3000 fps. There was only about 1.5" difference in drop at 300 yds. Your load had 2013 ft.lbs. of energy while the 3000 fps load had 2277. Yours is more than adequate for most game. (for this comparison I assumed a G7 ballistic coefficient of .3 so results will vary slightly depending on the actual BC) I consider the ethics involved as well. If you can place that round where you KNOW it will result in a quick kill that allows you to recover the animal, that is much preferable to a faster round that does not impact on point of aim and results in the animal running off and possibly not being recovered. As Trnelson said, speed and energy are good only if they impact the animal. Personally, I will never sacrifice accuracy for speed. If I can't hit what I am aiming at then it does not matter how fast the bullet gets there or how much energy it has. [/QUOTE]
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