Originally Posted by
Scott Gags
If the bullets have the same shape the heavier bullet will have a higher BC. The formula is as follows:
BC=SD/Form Factor
BC is Ballistic Coefficient
SD is Sectional Density
Form Factor is a representation of the shape
Since the Form Factor is the same in your example the only variable is SD. So the BC is directly affected by the SD and if the SD goes up by 10% so does the BC go up by 10%.
I believe a lead bullet is 27% denser than copper so a lead bullet of the same shape will have a 27% higher BC.
Is this correct? I thought BC was your friction coef (drag) in force vector analysis. I didn't know SD was part of it. You could be correct, just didn't know that.
Just did some research, guess your correct.