How important is it?

[mtmuley]

Ballistic Coefficient. mtmuley

 

[PNWGator]

Useful for wind brackets.

 

[mtmuley]

Useful for wind brackets.

Yeah. Sure. mtmuley

 

[WapitiBob]

I put it in my app and haven't look at it since.

 

[DFS]

I’m starting to rethink my position on this. It used to be my number one priority. And I don’t shoot at long range on anything but coyotes.

 

[mxracer317]

So PRC is useless...

 

[ccc23454]

Very, make bullet choices based on it and saves me a ton of time and barrel life getting a starting point for drops. If your hunting east coast deer with 30-30, zero help.

 

[mtmuley]

So PRC is useless...

Obviously. mtmuley

 

[mtmuley]

Very, make bullet choices based on it and saves me a ton of time and barrel life getting a starting point for drops. If your hunting east coast deer with 30-30, zero help.

Very? Ranges? mtmuley

 

[The Hedgehog]

Ballistic Coefficient. mtmuley

For what? Choosing a bullet? Knowing what it is? Taking a long shot?

 

[mtmuley]

For what? Choosing a bullet? Knowing what it is? Taking a long shot?

You tell me. mtmuley

 

[VikingsGuy]

Less drop, less drift, and more terminal energy from same amount of powder. That means something in some situations and not in others. I pay attention to it, but isn’t only driver for me - frankly going mono-metal is more important for me and that typically means giving up some BC. Does cause me to favor 7mm projectiles. YMMV.

 

[brockel]

Depends on what you are hunting and distance. Doesn’t hurt to stack the deck in your favor. Same weight bullet but different design is the difference in me dumping a coyote at 400 yards or watching it pack it off with its guts hanging out in our normal eastern Montana wind.

 

[Doublecluck]

look Muley, go google Shakira then Rosie O’Donnell and tell me it don’t matter.

 

[Addicting]

The bore drivers I often tote have a BC the equivalent of a square. It shows in my muzzleloader as I posted in another thread. After two hundred a brick flys with less drop.

When I was shooting pointy 45cal sabots with the same powder charge I was a full 12” less drop.

Not having to tape an extension on my target to see where a bullet hits is nice.

 

[Derek44]

Ah hell. Tracers and shoot from the hip. Any BC can be walked in.

Actually, I used to pay attention but I’ve found such variance in projectile preference rifle to rifle that it’s kinda at the bottom of the list.

 

[The Hedgehog]

You tell me. mtmuley

It’s like asking how important is a rifle scope.

 

[ismith]

For what? Choosing a bullet? Knowing what it is? Taking a long shot?

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/522065781809707188/

 

[The Hedgehog]

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/522065781809707188/

That’s important

 

[ismith]

That’s important

That's the first thing that popped up when I googled ballistic coefficients and babes. I guess I could try "ballistic coefficients, babes and high country tent shanking". BRB