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General Pain
07-27-2009, 02:11 PM
http://www.buytelescopes.com/UserFiles/whitepaper1(1).pdf

Cheytac found here:
http://thebigbookofwar.50megs.com/DOX/Guns/Sniper%20Rifles/
pmulcahy11b
07-27-2009, 02:53 PM
The advantage of a .408 CheyTac round is it's ballistic coefficient -- it's long, slim, and heavy. It retains a high velocity far longer than the .50 BMG; at 1500 meters, it's still supersonic, while the .50 BMG's velocity has fallen below the speed of sound. It also has less of a drop at range than the .50 BMG. It doesn't, however, have quite the raw knockdown power of the .50 BMG, except at very long ranges.