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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
The .50 BMG actually shoots flatter than the .338 Lapua at long range. Muzzle velocities are about the same with their standard bullet weights, but the .50 BMG's bullets have a higher ballistic coefficient. The intent of the .338 Lapua is to have a lighter, more portable platform when less power is required. Most shots with the .50 BMG are taken at "hard" targets, not personel. The .338 Lapua is plenty as an anti-personel round at long range.
The thing I notice about these pits is the lack of a roof over the target pullers' heads. While there is no danger of getting hit by a bullet without a roof, it can still get pretty exciting when one impacts short. I've had what I swear was a full wheelbarrow full of dirt and gravel poured down over me from short rounds. The only thing keeping it off my head was the roof over it.
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Please "splain" more this ballistic coeficient thing.
Newton told me that all objects fall at the same rate (in a vacuum) regardless of mass, so both bullets should fall the exact same distance over the same time and if they have the same muzzle velocities they'd have identical rates of drop, unless one slows down quicker.
Is it that the heavier bullet maintains it's velocity longer than the lighter one?
That would make sense... ..