Noslers new 8mm 200 grain Accubond

[Slowhand]

I just looked on the nosler site and the new 8mm 200 grain bullet is on there.

How come the 30 cal 180 grain has a SD of .271 and BC of .507 and the 8mm 200 grain has a higher SD of .274 and a pitiful BC of .379? Even the 8mm 200 grain Partition is a lot higher. What gives?

Is this a mistake? Should it be .479? If not I'll stick with a roundnose bullet. It's BC is almost the same.

 

[NOSLER]

The 8mm's have been examined and the B.C.'s are being republished.

It hasn't been updated on the site yet.

The 8mm-180 BT is .357 BC
The 8mm-180 AB is .379 BC
The 8mm-200 PT is .350 BC

 

[RMiller]

Those are low B.C. 's . They seem to match a 175 spitzer 8MM more than anything.

Or very low velocity. What gives?

 

[Jon A]

I agree, somethin's screwy. Maybe when testing the 8mm you guys broke off the plastic tips or something. There's no way the 338 180 should have basically the same BC as the 8mm 200 unless the 8mm was a flat point or something. I'm sure somebody made a simple mistake somewhere and it'll be fixed soon enough. :grin: