393 | Backwards Thinking & Ballistics (with Hornady's Seth Swerczik)

The Hunt Backcountry Podcast

by Exo Mtn Gear

Sports, Sports:wilderness, Health & Fitness, Wilderness

4.4 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

When it comes to rifles, calibers, and cartridges for hunting, many assume that bigger and faster is always better. After all, you can't "kill something too dead", right? But where is the point of diminishing returns? If you find what is "enough", then what are the downsides of chasing more than that? Recoil and shootability? Cost of ammunition, components, and barrel life? What else? Mark & Steve are joined by Seth Swerczek from Hornady to discuss these topics, and more. As you will hear, sometimes the best way to think about ballistics (and caliber/cartridge choice) is to "think backwards". Hornady's Podcast: https://www.hornady.com/podcast LEAVE A MESSAGE: https://speakpipe.com/huntbackcountry or [email protected] Podcast Episode Archive: https://exomtngear.com/podcast

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0:00.0	Well, welcome to the Huntsback Country podcast.
0:23.8	This is episode number 393 with Seth Swarzick from Hornady.
0:30.8	We speak with Seth about a variety of topics as it relates to ballistics.
0:37.1	We particularly dive in on big ideas that bigger isn't always better, faster isn't always
0:43.9	better, and why sometimes you should just think backwards about ballistics.
0:49.8	And that will make more sense as we get into this conversation.
0:53.6	I've personally been enjoying the podcasts, which are available in a podcast app and
0:58.9	also on YouTube that Hornady has been putting out with Seth and Jaden and some of the other
1:04.5	guys from their team.
1:06.9	And it re-ignited my interest in getting them on our show as well.
1:12.4	So this week we have Seth on next week.
1:16.0	We're going to share an episode with Jaden that is awesome.
1:19.6	Jaden is a very experienced ballastician and I was curious to speak with him about what
1:25.4	are the things that keep him up at night.
1:28.0	What aspects of ballistics does he not fully understand or can't fully explain even
1:33.7	after his years of experience and research.
1:37.8	But today again with Seth, we talk about those variety of topics as it relates to speed,
1:44.5	DC, bullet performance, terminal performance, cartridge selection, and a whole lot more.
1:50.7	I hope you guys enjoy these episodes.
1:53.1	As always, if you have questions for us, you can send those to podcastedexamot.com or
1:58.5	look for the link in the show description that says leave us a message at any time if
2:04.3	you think of a question during this conversation, hit pause and send that question over to us.
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