Thread: GS Custom

Originally Posted by Gerard

el borracho,

I would like to set your mind at ease about Snipers Hide and the BC of GSC bullets. This is not a negative counter to what you said. After all, you report what you have seen in good faith. I just want the opportunity to state the GSC perspective.

Sniper's Hide were going to do a test of various bullets to determine how the manufacturers performed. The date set for the test was really inconvenient to us as we were in the process of expanding manufacturing from South Africa to the USA and had a host of other projects going. When we were invited by Mr Frank Galli, the owner of the Snipers Hide site, I politely declined to participate, explaining about the expansion, projects and our time line which was already fixed far beyond the date of the test. Also, I feared that the test would be a little biased, given that Mr. Galli was in support of another manufacturer and felt that the best route would be to assume a non-confrontational position.

Mr. Galli became aggressive and tried to force GSC into participation. He obtained some first generation GSC bullets and used them in the test. Despite the negative words written by Mr. Galli, the published table reflected a fair result for GSC.

* The GSC bullets were the lightest tested.
* The GSC bullets were shot at very slow speeds. Three other makes that were heavier were loaded to higher speeds than the GSC SP bullets.
* Mr. Galli then compared the BC obtained through testing, with the average BC of the three numbers given on the GSC website. He thereby compared apples to oranges.
* The three BC numbers given by GSC on the GSC website, are at the three speeds at which these numbers occur. It is intended to be used in a ballistics program.
* If the numbers are just averaged, the fact that the bullet spends far more time at the lower speed and BC is not taken into account. This is taken into account with a ballistics program and with a live test as done by SH and why the two sets of numbers cannot be compared.
* Further, the bullet tested by SH was about three years old at the time and the data from the improved version of the bullet was used for the SH comparison.
* Mr. Galli was informed of these facts very shortly after the test but elected to ban me from SH and let the results stand. I was told by someone, who has the information, that it was a commercial decision and in the best interest of SH.

I have published a corrected table and all relevant information regarding this matter.

GS CUSTOM BULLETS - Snipers Hide Test

Gerald.

Send me some 375 projectiles 375414SP256 & I will test them for you.

I have shot well over 1000 Cutting Edge bullets from 330-425 grains in several 375s.

As I have barrels with 7.8 & 7.25 exit twists I have more than enough speed & twist to stabilise the 414s.

I have shot 200 of your 416420SP155 in my custom 416 Barrett & was happy with the performance of them.

I'm always looking for a better mouse trap especially in the feild of ELR shooting.

Cheers Greg.