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He also used "Ballistic Coefficient" along with a few others...that I get lost in.The only ballistic terms Ron Spomer talked about in that portion of the video were: drop, wind drift, and energy (at different distances). I could almost guarantee that any shooter/hunter shooting at various ranges at almost any time in history knows those concepts (although they may not use the same terms necessarily). They may well not quantify it at all because they know by experience therefore no need really.
Fe they may know to hold at certain place to hit their longer target and that their gun is powerful enough to get the job done.
And he was also talking about a modern conical bullet ...not a round ball if I remember right....not something Boone , Crockett or Carson would use or know about.
My point about Boone , Crockett and Carson was....that they knew all that stuff Spomer was saying...
However...they wouldn't have used those terms...and I am sure that it would have been much easier for them to show you by shooting...
Than by telling.
They knew the load their rifle liked...they knew where to hold ( sight ) for short or long range...and they knew what worked and stuck to that......simple.
Andy