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You sure did.
I made that chart and I understand it. Yes if you don't understand the math and you only take what is on that chart, you MIGHT come to that conclusion.
Bob and I were talking about the sweet spot in velocity for pellets and I believe the point being made was that there is a velocity at which the pellet is MORE EFFICIENT at flying. That discussion (which I believe took place on airgunguild) convinced me that pellets flying between about 840 and 880 or so are right where they will perform best. I started studying the effect and during that study I made that table. Bob Sterne and I were in agreement (I believe). There is a "sweet spot" where you get the "optimum" performance meaning BC is highest for the pellet.
That DOES NOT preclude the idea that one pellet of one side section may be more susceptible to drift than another of a different section. So what CAN and DOES SOMETIMES HAPPEN is this. A pellet which has a large side cross section can have a better BC than another pellet and at the same time be drifted more by the wind THAN THE EQUATIONS PREDICT because there is no compensation in the math (typically) which addresses the susceptibility of a specific pellet to drift. The drift which is calculated is FOR the MODEL not for the pellet under test.
Now I don't want anyone to think that Bob agrees with the assertion I am making here. We did not talk about that. Ask him if you want his opinion of what I am trying to explain here. If I am wrong it won't be the first time I have had to thank him for straightening me out.
Now look, take this argument to someone YOU TRUST. You don't trust me so TAKE IT TO SOMEONE YOU TRUST.
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