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Old 06-18-2011, 07:28 AM
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flounder33
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Default Wind effect

A friend of mine and I were having this discussion.
Two bullets are fired at a target 150 yards away. There is a crosswind blowing at 30 mph. One bullet is a 495 grain conical which has a muzzle velocity of 1400 fps. The other bullet is a light pointy bullet of 200 grains with a muzzle velocity of 2000 fps.
I think that a heavy conical would be less affected by the wind because of the greater inertia of that heavy load.
He thinks the lighter bullet would be less affected because of the greater velocity.
What do you think and why?
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