Tim Singleton
Gold $$ Contributor
Why do you think a nosler or Hornady bullet with the same or better BC than a Berger or a custom made bullet aren't on match listsPossibly if the ballistics of the bullet were better from one lot to another. IMO "much better" needs to be quantified.
I can't buy into lot x for any given shooter reducing their agg all else being the same...i.e. if all shooters on the line would have a smaller agg for a given lot# than another lot# - takes it too far away from correctly tuning the combination of components and equipment.
Maybe I am just a sceptic but if Tom or Donavan or yourself shouted out - go buy lot x as they will just shoot better, I would watch peoples results with interest but I wouldn't jump as I believe it is the component combination combined with the skill of the reloader that makes it work. Skill relates to not just the assembly of the components but the decisions made during the load dev process.
I do buy into technologies such as cut vs button barrels being better as there is sound logic in that tolerances can be held tighter etc.
The top guys are real good at looking at results on paper and making informed choices to have a very well tuned rifle, yes bullet selection is very much a part of that process.
Which is it - its the combination of the whole, this is why not everyone that shoots lotx bullets turns up to the line and says - hey I have a hummer.![]()
There's more to a good bullet than its BC