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  • bigdawg86
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    • Mar 2012
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    Help finding ballistic coefficient, is it possible?

    I purchased these bullets a while back for a cheaper target load when I am shooting at "closer" ranges. I just purchased my scope and I am going to be running my loads through my chrono, then a ballistics calculator to figure out bullet drop etc... problem is, what's the BC on these things? Any help would be appreciated.

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    PolishMike
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    • Nov 2007
    • 6034

    You could just shoot them and find the actual drop instead of a theoretical drop...
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      bigbossman
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      • Dec 2012
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      You might try here :

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        glockman19
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        • Jun 2007
        • 10486

        This will answer ALL of your questions:

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          MongooseV8
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          • Apr 2010
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          Sierra makes a similar bullet. As a rough guess I'd say yours are around a 0.350 bc. They best way to get the actual number is contact the manufacturer directly, or chrono and shoot them to find your actual drop. Then you can reverse calculate your bc.

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            popeye4
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            • Nov 2008
            • 1534

            Originally posted by bigbossman
            Good resource!
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              Unretarded
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              • Mar 2016
              • 466

              Originally posted by MongooseV8
              Sierra makes a similar bullet. As a rough guess I'd say yours are around a 0.350 bc. They best way to get the actual number is contact the manufacturer directly, or chrono and shoot them to find your actual drop. Then you can reverse calculate your bc.

              ^^^^^^^ This......for the actual, not advertised.

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                ar15barrels
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                • Jan 2006
                • 57116

                Originally posted by bigdawg86
                I purchased these bullets a while back for a cheaper target load when I am shooting at "closer" ranges. I just purchased my scope and I am going to be running my loads through my chrono, then a ballistics calculator to figure out bullet drop etc... problem is, what's the BC on these things? Any help would be appreciated.

                https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog...roductId/70921
                The Remington 120gr PSP is 0.324 G1
                The Sierra 120gr PSP is 0.350 G1
                The Speer 120gr SP is 0.392 G1

                It's going to be somewhere in that range...

                Go shoot it at distance and see what the drop is.
                Chrono some too and gather your weather conditions.
                With that info, you can backwards calculate the actual BC by trial and error using a ballistics calculator.
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