I've been seeing some extremely heavy for caliber rebated boat tail bullets being introduced by smaller bullet makers. These bullets all seem to have very long bearing surfaces. I would think that this would not only reduce ballistic coefficient significantly, but also possibly reduce velocity potential. I'm skeptical of one of these bullets having superior downrange trajectory, wind drift, and retained energy when compared to somewhat lighter VLD profile bullets with shorter bearing surfaces and longer, more streamlined ogives (when both are driven to top velocity potential). Anyone with some experience with these bullets, feel free to chime in. Thanks!
Sam
Sam