Ballistic coefficient — how important?
Ballistic coefficient has no direct influence on accuracy, but it does have an impact. We discuss that today.
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Ballistic coefficient has no direct influence on accuracy, but it does have an impact. We discuss that today.
by Tom Gaylord Writing as B.B. Pelletier Part 1 This report covers: Review Today’s discussion Round balls Conical bullets Smokeless powder A big point Shape Round balls — again The bottom line I’ve taken 11 months to return to this subject of ballistic coefficients (BC). That was in spite of some tremendous interest in Part … Read more
by Tom Gaylord, a.k.a. B.B. Pelletier This report addresses: • Definition of ballistic coefficient (BC). • How are BCs determined? • Bullets and pellets have an additional factor. • BCs are not constants. • BC is an expression of how much velocity is lost in flight. • How to cheat the BC numbers. If ever … Read more