So I have found a couple of on line ballistic calculators. I put in the info and the calculators spit out the data. Pretty interesting stuff to me.
So recently I have been thinking about multiple of my hunting rounds and how the numbers seem fairly close when going over the bullet weight, bore diameter and velocities. So I decided, I wanted to get a better idea of how my various hand loads compare to each other. So I ran them through Hornady's ballistic calculator, I ran some through Berger's calculator first, but Berger won't calculate anything with a .458 caliber bullet, it seems, since they don't sell 458 caliber bullets. It tells you you have entered invalid info. So I found the Hornady calculator and it worked for all of the data I ran through it.
I listed everything in order that I started loading that load. So it may seem like a random listing, so the first loads are the oldest loads, last ones are the most current.
The first chart for each load, is ballistics out to 1000 yards. The second chart is that same caliber out to the maximum range that, that load produces 1000 ft. lbs. of energy.
So recently I have been thinking about multiple of my hunting rounds and how the numbers seem fairly close when going over the bullet weight, bore diameter and velocities. So I decided, I wanted to get a better idea of how my various hand loads compare to each other. So I ran them through Hornady's ballistic calculator, I ran some through Berger's calculator first, but Berger won't calculate anything with a .458 caliber bullet, it seems, since they don't sell 458 caliber bullets. It tells you you have entered invalid info. So I found the Hornady calculator and it worked for all of the data I ran through it.
I listed everything in order that I started loading that load. So it may seem like a random listing, so the first loads are the oldest loads, last ones are the most current.
The first chart for each load, is ballistics out to 1000 yards. The second chart is that same caliber out to the maximum range that, that load produces 1000 ft. lbs. of energy.
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