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44mc, it really isn't all that complicated if you don't get lost in the details.

Short version? RB bullets launched in the T-S speed realm don't get all that ruffled by the extra drag/stability issue and definitely don't get upset when they get to where the buffalo roam. Downside is a fella has to know his drift and drops pretty well. Spitzers can be petulant little jokers, and they are somewhat prone to taking a break at long range. The OP's post illustrates the point I think regarding the RNFB. Modern match gospel illustrates the latter.

Modern day high tech shooters live with their self imposed limitations and cowboys DGAS, or something to that effect.

One of the more minor points about this that many overlook is that while bullet velocity is relevant to the transonic issue, bullet form is the bigger issue. Think of the air's movement as the bullet passes...it has to get around the bullet and to do that it accelerates. The bullet cross section and form define the nature of that acceleration and that would be why the T-Zone is a variable that encompasses a fairly wide range of velocity.