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Bullet drop compensation dials (BDC dials)
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<blockquote data-quote="jwp475" data-source="post: 109096" data-attributes="member: 3776"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>If you are printing a label apparrently you are tapeing them to target turrets. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>You are correct. Actually, I'm not sure what an "official" definition of BDC would be. Basically the same in operation as a Kenton, Leupold or the like, except not a $70 laser engraved aluminum piece that you're stuck with forever...or until you buy another one. To me, most of the criticism of BDC's comes from that fact--you'd need a hundred of them for every rifle and nobody is going to buy that many. But sticky labels and tape are cheap and easy to change--just like the drop chart taped to my stock.</p><p></p><p>So for <em>that type</em> of BDC, unless you're packing a computer into the field (which I'd guess the majority of people here aren't), there'll be no difference in accuracy. And of course, this is an entirely different thing than somebody who buys, say, an M3 scope with a permanent BDC and asks what velocity he should shoot to make it "on" or somebody who sends the load data to Kenton or Leupold and expects to use the same BDC everywhere forever...quite different. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p></p><p> This is exactly what I was trying to convey. A label tapped to target turrets has exactly the same precision as a drop chart tapped to your stock.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jwp475, post: 109096, member: 3776"] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] If you are printing a label apparrently you are tapeing them to target turrets. [/ QUOTE ] You are correct. Actually, I'm not sure what an "official" definition of BDC would be. Basically the same in operation as a Kenton, Leupold or the like, except not a $70 laser engraved aluminum piece that you're stuck with forever...or until you buy another one. To me, most of the criticism of BDC's comes from that fact--you'd need a hundred of them for every rifle and nobody is going to buy that many. But sticky labels and tape are cheap and easy to change--just like the drop chart taped to my stock. So for [i]that type[/i] of BDC, unless you're packing a computer into the field (which I'd guess the majority of people here aren't), there'll be no difference in accuracy. And of course, this is an entirely different thing than somebody who buys, say, an M3 scope with a permanent BDC and asks what velocity he should shoot to make it "on" or somebody who sends the load data to Kenton or Leupold and expects to use the same BDC everywhere forever...quite different. [/ QUOTE ] This is exactly what I was trying to convey. A label tapped to target turrets has exactly the same precision as a drop chart tapped to your stock. [/QUOTE]
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