Intresting study done on Bullet BC

[trappincoyotes39]

I got my new issue of Varmint Hunters magazine and a husband/wife both with PHD's in physics did a study on bullets and their BC values given to them by bullet companies and tested them to give them a real world value, it seems Barnes Bullets had the biggest differance between published BC and actual field BC Hornady and Nosler had the closest values to published and tested and then Berger was in the mix as well.

BC is a big deal as many want the highest they can obtain but this study showed the differance in published and actual, and how that effects what they will really do at extended ranges. It was interesting to read!

[lb]

There seems to be room for a little creativity in publishing the BC of bullets by mfg's. Like they don't specify the conditions and the standard bullet configuration being compared. Although I have no interest in testing, I recall that it can be done, if one desires. There exists instructions on how to do it, somewhere?

For me, it's like this. As some sage said about sports cars...if it looks fast, it is. Once we know the ogive is so many calibers in length and other design features to look for, I believe one can tell a bullet with a high BC when he sees it; as long as he selects certain calibers already known for inherently outstanding BC. Whether it may be .396, or .405, I think that is time to head for the bench and see what it does, out yonder.