Four Degrees of Freedom from Hornady
Four Degrees of Freedom from Hornady

Four Degrees of Freedom from Hornady

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.

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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.

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