Others Why My PCP Shoots Flat‑Nose Slugs Better (And Yours Might Too)

[JungleShooter]

Grunt,

thanks for your informal test results about flat-nosed slugs having better precision than round-nosed slugs.

I suspect that flat-nosed slugs having a worse BC than round-nosed slugs — meaning they will drift more with wind, and they will loose velocity quicker.



Of course, for typical shooting scenarios this is all sligthly "academic" (meaning, useless, irrelevant, and unimportant).
Because the big change in wind drift happens when going from a typical round-nose pellet BC of 0.030 to a typical slug BC of 0.070 [assuming .22cal].

As you go higher in BC, it seems this is a case of diminishing returns (please, correct me on this — math is not my forte [like so many other things ]).

➠ Therefore, I think a flat-nose slug with a — for slugs — relatively low BC still outperforms any high-BC pellet by a lot!

Matthias

 

[Grunt64]

Grunt,

thanks for your informal test results about flat-nosed slugs having better precision than round-nosed slugs.

I suspect that flat-nosed slugs having a worse BC than round-nosed slugs — meaning they will drift more with wind, and they will loose velocity quicker.



Of course, for typical shooting scenarios this is all sligthly "academic" (meaning, useless, irrelevant, and unimportant).
Because the big change in wind drift happens when going from a typical round-nose pellet BC of 0.030 to a typical slug BC of 0.070 [assuming .22cal].

As you go higher in BC, it seems this is a case of diminishing returns (please, correct me on this — math is not my forte [like so many other things ]).

➠ Therefore, I think a flat-nose slug with a — for slugs — relatively low BC still outperforms any high-BC pellet by a lot!

Matthias

You’re right that flat‑nosed slugs have a lower BC on paper, but at PCP speeds the long round‑nose shapes don’t always stabilize. A little yaw kills real‑world BC fast. The flat nose goes to sleep quicker, so even with a “lower” BC it stays more consistent at the ranges we actually shoot. And yes — even a modest‑BC flat‑nose still outperforms any pellet by a wide margin.