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 | | Bullets with BC's of about.400 to.525 can't be driven as fast (at least in all but a few very large, barrel-burning cases) as bullets of lesser BC and weight, but at 3,200 to 3,600 ft/sec their wind deflection is about 2/3 or even 1/2 that of the lower BC ones. |
 | | The competitive 1,000-yard benchrest bullets, having BC's of.560 or so up to more than.75, do show, when driven at 2,900 to 3,200 ft/sec, as little as half the wind deflection of a maximum.22-250/.220 Swift load with 55-grain bullets. |
 | | We should note that the BC's used in the program are mostly approximate: i.e., they generally decrease slightly as the bullet's velocity decreases down range (Sierra is the only manufacturer giving a set of BC's for each bullet for several steps in velocity). |
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