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Canting - the right answer
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<blockquote data-quote="Brown Dog" data-source="post: 109551" data-attributes="member: 1622"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> I really don't want to make a tedious thread with many formulas, but if someone is interested, just let me know and I'll post them. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>I'm interested! Please post the whole lot! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif</p><p></p><p></p><p>Some scratchpad thoughts: </p><p></p><p>.......at a quick glance your Y values are not very different to what my ballistic program gives for an <strong>uncanted</strong> rifle [ie your Y values look to be showing a roughly normal bullet path relative to LOS]:</p><p></p><p>For example, using your rifle/bullet data, at 400yds I get a bullet path relative to LOS of -21" for an uncanted rifle; </p><p></p><p>.....the Y value given in your table for a 10deg cant at that range is -20.21 </p><p></p><p></p><p>......given that we're probably using different ballistic programs, I'm not sure that the 0.8" discrepancy is quite a EUREKA! moment /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif !</p><p></p><p></p><p>....I would have said that 0.8" is a very small vertical change at 400yds for a massive 10 degrees of cant /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif </p><p></p><p></p><p>....it's bedtime at this location -no doubt I've missed something /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brown Dog, post: 109551, member: 1622"] [ QUOTE ] I really don't want to make a tedious thread with many formulas, but if someone is interested, just let me know and I'll post them. [/ QUOTE ] I'm interested! Please post the whole lot! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Some scratchpad thoughts: .......at a quick glance your Y values are not very different to what my ballistic program gives for an [b]uncanted[/b] rifle [ie your Y values look to be showing a roughly normal bullet path relative to LOS]: For example, using your rifle/bullet data, at 400yds I get a bullet path relative to LOS of -21" for an uncanted rifle; .....the Y value given in your table for a 10deg cant at that range is -20.21 ......given that we're probably using different ballistic programs, I'm not sure that the 0.8" discrepancy is quite a EUREKA! moment [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ! ....I would have said that 0.8" is a very small vertical change at 400yds for a massive 10 degrees of cant [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] ....it's bedtime at this location -no doubt I've missed something [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] [/QUOTE]
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