rockstar.esq
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I've been reading up on ballistic coefficient as it relates to long range (1000yd) shooting. Thus far I've come to understand that bullets with higher B.C.'s equate to streamlined bullets that drop and drift less than bullets with lower B.C's. So far so good, now I look into the history of long range shooting and I see the .45-70 was/is used by BPCR shooters for 1000yd shooting to great effect. This leads me to wonder if consistency should carry more weight than the ravenous debating about B.C. and sectional density. I understand that Higher B.C.'s and S.D.'s often add up to flat trajectories that don't drift much in the wind. All of which would make the theoretical "window" into which all centrally aimed shots would fall as small as possible. How then do folks explain how the buffalo bore shooters do it? Add to the mix the silohuette shooters who're knocking over wee targets with revolver cartridges at 300 yards? I guess my new position is that the study of exterior ballistics certainly has it's interesting tidbits but it doesn't seem so significant that most long range shooters would need to obsess over them. I'd love to hear from all of you. Especially if I'm mistaken about something. Thanks in advance.