For years shooters have relied on ballistic coefficient (BC) to help them hit at long-range. The thing is, BC is nothing more than an educated guess. It’s a good guess; its just not a perfect guess.
By using Doppler radar and actually shooting bullets at long-range, Hornady has essentially taken a video of the bullet’s flight and integrated that data into complex formulas that accurately predict how the bullet will fly.
It’s a revolutionary new approach to long-range shooting and it works. While visiting Hornady I fired a few shots with my Steyr Scout Rifle on Doppler radar. The smart guys there did some calculations and my next shot was a first round hit at 600 yards. About a week later I used that same rifle and same Precision Hunter ammo loaded with a 178-grain ELD-X bullet to kill a Idaho black bear at 400 yards.
You can check out the new 4 DOF (Degrees of Freedom) program HERE.
