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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 141796" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>A more correct comment would be get a longer bullet to buck the wind better.</p><p></p><p>There are alot of things that need to be combined to get high BC to reduce wind drift. Bullet ogive is critical, bullet meplate diameter is important as is base design.</p><p></p><p>Its a pretty broad statement to say the heavier bullets buck the wind better and in some case not true at all. Compare a 220 gr Hornady 30 cal round nose to a 200 gr SMK and see which one is blown more by the wind. It will be the heavier round nose that gets blown around more.</p><p></p><p>But, if you take two bullets of the same basic design, a longer, in most cases heavier bullet will be more ballistically efficent. Again, not because of the added weight but the added length of the bullet given similiar designes are compared.</p><p></p><p>Kirby Allen(50)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 141796, member: 10"] A more correct comment would be get a longer bullet to buck the wind better. There are alot of things that need to be combined to get high BC to reduce wind drift. Bullet ogive is critical, bullet meplate diameter is important as is base design. Its a pretty broad statement to say the heavier bullets buck the wind better and in some case not true at all. Compare a 220 gr Hornady 30 cal round nose to a 200 gr SMK and see which one is blown more by the wind. It will be the heavier round nose that gets blown around more. But, if you take two bullets of the same basic design, a longer, in most cases heavier bullet will be more ballistically efficent. Again, not because of the added weight but the added length of the bullet given similiar designes are compared. Kirby Allen(50) [/QUOTE]
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