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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Matteson" data-source="post: 2337223" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>The greater the angle the more you have to change your aim. (Same Hold Up or Down Angle) Your bullet is going in a arc, while you are looking vertical line. So your bullet is flying high no matter if shooting up hill or down hill. They make range finders that will give you the info. I product a shooting print out that I tape to my rifle stock at gives me holds and wind draft figures. You are not the only person that has done this. In my younger days I was shooting at a deer at somewhere around 600yds. Down hill angle somewhere around 20-30%. I held over and the bullet went over his back by several inches. Shot 3 times and still over. I could see where the bullet was hitting. I couldn't believe it at the time. It was a standing shot for me. My line was dead on, but over. After getting back I pull out my Sierra Manual and looked it up. and learned. That was in the middle 70's, when we didn't have all the equipment at that time. Best go out and set up targets at different elevation or angle at longer yards to just to see how you bullet travels.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 2337223, member: 101791"] The greater the angle the more you have to change your aim. (Same Hold Up or Down Angle) Your bullet is going in a arc, while you are looking vertical line. So your bullet is flying high no matter if shooting up hill or down hill. They make range finders that will give you the info. I product a shooting print out that I tape to my rifle stock at gives me holds and wind draft figures. You are not the only person that has done this. In my younger days I was shooting at a deer at somewhere around 600yds. Down hill angle somewhere around 20-30%. I held over and the bullet went over his back by several inches. Shot 3 times and still over. I could see where the bullet was hitting. I couldn't believe it at the time. It was a standing shot for me. My line was dead on, but over. After getting back I pull out my Sierra Manual and looked it up. and learned. That was in the middle 70's, when we didn't have all the equipment at that time. Best go out and set up targets at different elevation or angle at longer yards to just to see how you bullet travels. [/QUOTE]
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