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Rule of Thumb for Shooting Down Hill
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<blockquote data-quote="Chadp82" data-source="post: 2336995" data-attributes="member: 114151"><p>The geometry is right triangle geometry. Your actual shot distance is the hypotenuse but the distance you need to use for the shot is the horizontal leg distance. A few different ways to calculate the horizontal from the hypotenuse. This is why range finders that do this for you call it the horizontal compensated distance or something similar.</p><p></p><p>The reason it's a horizontal distance for bullet drop is a physics problem which I won't bore anyone with. </p><p></p><p>All that fancy college math and I use nothing more than geometry now in my day to day work. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chadp82, post: 2336995, member: 114151"] The geometry is right triangle geometry. Your actual shot distance is the hypotenuse but the distance you need to use for the shot is the horizontal leg distance. A few different ways to calculate the horizontal from the hypotenuse. This is why range finders that do this for you call it the horizontal compensated distance or something similar. The reason it’s a horizontal distance for bullet drop is a physics problem which I won’t bore anyone with. All that fancy college math and I use nothing more than geometry now in my day to day work. :) [/QUOTE]
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