The other day I was at the range and the know it all SRO was telling guys in my group that the higher the velocity the less accurate the round "PERIOD" He was not putting any caveats on anything . He kept saying it's been proven a slower velocity bullet will ALWAYS be more accurate . I knew there were so many things wrong with his statements but he is the type that talks louder when you disagree or moves on to some other thing that although is or could be correct he uses it as a blanket statement and that then makes what he was saying incorrect .
When he did listen he would add something to the equation that was never in the discussion in order to help his point . Like one of the things I said was that more velocity helps with is wind drift . If you have less wind drift the bullet can be shot more accurately . He then would say no because "IF" you have a heavier bullet ---NO NO NO I stopped him right there and told him you don't get to add things to this equation . We are talking about wind drift and velocity . . Same bullet same rifle same wind same everything but one bullet is traveling 1000fps faster then the other . Your telling me the bullet traveling slower will have less wind drift and be more accurate . He says yes because it has to do with what bullet decelerates more by % of it's max velocity .
That's when He lost me and quickly moved to asking me what bullet I was using to shoot at are 300yd max range . I told him 175gr smk . He then went on a 5 min rant on how I was waisting my time shooting boat tailed bullets at 300yds and less . Although I do understand that the BT bullet shines best at longer distances . It's not a waist of time to use them at 2 and 3 hundred yards . The 168gr smk has a boat tail and was designed to shoot 300yds . It's to bad Sierra did not have this guy working for them before they waisted all that time making and selling the 168gr MK .
I was getting more upset by each sentence this guy spoke . Not because he was 100% wrong but because he was not clarifying his point and stating these things as fact blanket statements . The people I brought with me were hanging on his every word and I had to explain later to them how half of what he was saying was not accurate . That took much more time and detail then I think any of them was ready to hear or take in .
I think I finally get what some of you meant when you said that you don't like people coming up and telling you how to do things or what works best . Not so much for me because I knew what he meant but having to explain what he was saying was only half true at best to people that were not ready for that much info was a pain .
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Question . is a slower bullet always more accurate ??
Is shooting a BT bullet at 300yds or less a waist of time ?? Oh the best part , I asked if my BT smk were useless what was the best short range match bullet to use . ??? His answer in a snotty way , I don't know
When he did listen he would add something to the equation that was never in the discussion in order to help his point . Like one of the things I said was that more velocity helps with is wind drift . If you have less wind drift the bullet can be shot more accurately . He then would say no because "IF" you have a heavier bullet ---NO NO NO I stopped him right there and told him you don't get to add things to this equation . We are talking about wind drift and velocity . . Same bullet same rifle same wind same everything but one bullet is traveling 1000fps faster then the other . Your telling me the bullet traveling slower will have less wind drift and be more accurate . He says yes because it has to do with what bullet decelerates more by % of it's max velocity .
That's when He lost me and quickly moved to asking me what bullet I was using to shoot at are 300yd max range . I told him 175gr smk . He then went on a 5 min rant on how I was waisting my time shooting boat tailed bullets at 300yds and less . Although I do understand that the BT bullet shines best at longer distances . It's not a waist of time to use them at 2 and 3 hundred yards . The 168gr smk has a boat tail and was designed to shoot 300yds . It's to bad Sierra did not have this guy working for them before they waisted all that time making and selling the 168gr MK .
I was getting more upset by each sentence this guy spoke . Not because he was 100% wrong but because he was not clarifying his point and stating these things as fact blanket statements . The people I brought with me were hanging on his every word and I had to explain later to them how half of what he was saying was not accurate . That took much more time and detail then I think any of them was ready to hear or take in .
I think I finally get what some of you meant when you said that you don't like people coming up and telling you how to do things or what works best . Not so much for me because I knew what he meant but having to explain what he was saying was only half true at best to people that were not ready for that much info was a pain .
end rant
Question . is a slower bullet always more accurate ??
Is shooting a BT bullet at 300yds or less a waist of time ?? Oh the best part , I asked if my BT smk were useless what was the best short range match bullet to use . ??? His answer in a snotty way , I don't know
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