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Ballistics beyond 2000 yds : do we need/trust them?
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<blockquote data-quote="goodgrouper" data-source="post: 138976" data-attributes="member: 2852"><p>Gustavo,</p><p></p><p>I think all the textbooks in the world are equal to one half the value of real world experience from hands on work. And from learning in both ways, I can say that most of this thread is armchair theory anyways. </p><p></p><p>In other words, it is hard to determine what is really going on at 2k and further because of the real world kicking in and distorting the evidences. Unless you can shoot this distance indoors in a controlled environment with artificial lighting, it is very hard to see if the programs are good or not at this distance. When I have dialed up to shoot at varmints at 2k, nearly every time the computer was off a little and sometimes a lot. Is this because the program is wrong or is it because of environmental factors? Or is it because of equipment anyomalies? Who's to say. It is picking fly crap out of the pepper. The only thing to do is pull the trigger and find out. Thus we go back to hands on experience and leave the textbooks home. Only after practice at this range, can one guy get any kind of an idea what is going on. </p><p></p><p>So basically what I'm trying to say is thta with current shoulder fired weapons and bullets, the error increases dramatically from 2k on out because of any number of reasons. But programs should continue to be made that are as accurate as possible and then it will boil down to the last denominator anyways- <em>the shooter!</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="goodgrouper, post: 138976, member: 2852"] Gustavo, I think all the textbooks in the world are equal to one half the value of real world experience from hands on work. And from learning in both ways, I can say that most of this thread is armchair theory anyways. In other words, it is hard to determine what is really going on at 2k and further because of the real world kicking in and distorting the evidences. Unless you can shoot this distance indoors in a controlled environment with artificial lighting, it is very hard to see if the programs are good or not at this distance. When I have dialed up to shoot at varmints at 2k, nearly every time the computer was off a little and sometimes a lot. Is this because the program is wrong or is it because of environmental factors? Or is it because of equipment anyomalies? Who's to say. It is picking fly crap out of the pepper. The only thing to do is pull the trigger and find out. Thus we go back to hands on experience and leave the textbooks home. Only after practice at this range, can one guy get any kind of an idea what is going on. So basically what I'm trying to say is thta with current shoulder fired weapons and bullets, the error increases dramatically from 2k on out because of any number of reasons. But programs should continue to be made that are as accurate as possible and then it will boil down to the last denominator anyways- [i]the shooter![/i] [/QUOTE]
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