Thread: 300 win mag

Originally Posted by JLF

The bullets of greater weight, and consequently of greater length, have a greater CB, they are the best to shoot at long distances.

Not necessarily.

You can have a 'heavy for caliber' (e.g 200 grain .30 cal) bullet made to be round nosed (tangent ogive), straight walled and flat based, and it's BC will be lower than a 168 grain 30 cal bullet designed with a ballistic tip, secant ogive and boat tail.