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Scott
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Ballistic Coefficient - Lyman Postell?
Aug 21st, 2007, 9:46pm
 
Does anyone know the B.C. for the .45 cal Lyman Postall? I am trying to add the bullet to my Sierra Ballistics program so I can run some numbers based on velocity to 1000 yards, but with out a starting BC I can not rely on the answers the program provides. Thanks in advance.
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Re: Ballistic Coefficient - Lyman Postell?
Reply #1 - Aug 21st, 2007, 11:35pm
 
Quote from Scott on Aug 21st, 2007, 9:46pm:
Does anyone know the B.C. for the .45 cal Lyman Postall? I am trying to add the bullet to my Sierra Ballistics program so I can run some numbers based on velocity to 1000 yards, but with out a starting BC I can not rely on the answers the program provides. Thanks in advance.

 
Hi,
 
Hope this info will give some informations.
 
Etienne
 
http://www.shilohrifle.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6581&view=previous&sid =0429e3e5e3c36590fb49c04708330270
 
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Reply #2 - Aug 22nd, 2007, 4:38pm
 
I've been searching for a BC for a friend who uses a Brooks Postell and the answer from most folks was in the 0.40 range which is quite compatible with the estimate in the thread posted above.  That is darn low, but that seems to be the consensus.  
 
If you wish to create estimates for yourself, you can do so if you can get the chrony data by using the following webpage.  Once you have the BC, the website will also give you methods of calculating bullet drops out to any range given a zero at any specified distance...
 
http://www.eskimo.com/~jbm/index.html
 
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