Comments on: Sectional Density of Bullets — What You Need to Know https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2021/06/sectional-density-of-bullets-what-you-need-to-know/ from AccurateShooter.com Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.26 By: Bob R https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2021/06/sectional-density-of-bullets-what-you-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-59809 Fri, 25 Jun 2021 14:40:41 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=59870#comment-59809 Jim, a great layman description

]]> By: Jim https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2021/06/sectional-density-of-bullets-what-you-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-59798 Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:12:54 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=59870#comment-59798 How about this for sectional density using the golf ball mentioned in the article:

A golf ball and a ping-pong ball are roughly the same size, but have dramatic weight differences…which is going to hurt more if someone threw them at you..

]]> By: Miles https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2021/06/sectional-density-of-bullets-what-you-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-56145 Fri, 16 Nov 2018 16:20:34 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=59870#comment-56145 Absolutely. This shorthand for bullet performance may have worked okay during a time when all bullet design was more or less spitzer or spitzer with the beginning stages of boat tail design and very similar nose shape across the product offerings.

Sectional Density just is not indicative any more with the variability design and construction.

]]> By: Steve LaMascus https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2021/06/sectional-density-of-bullets-what-you-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-53092 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:03:42 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=59870#comment-53092 7000 is the number of grains in a pound.

]]> By: Chase https://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2021/06/sectional-density-of-bullets-what-you-need-to-know/comment-page-1/#comment-53085 Mon, 10 Jul 2017 03:11:30 +0000 http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/?p=59870#comment-53085 Where does the 7000 come from?

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