Michael Eichele
Well-Known Member
The coriolus effect. I only wish I knew the real answer to that. That subject has been hashed out on this board several times as to whether or not it is even measureable from a hand carried rifle and if so, are bullets always pulled to the right in the northern hemishpere and always to the left in the southern half or if it it soley based upon the direction of fire and the relation of the direction to the physical location of the shooter on the earth. I have yet to find any shooters that agree the subject. I have researched it by way of other non shooting sources untill my head hurt. Still, hardly any sources agree or leave any real conclusions as to which case to follow. I know there is some ballistic software out there that takes coriolus into account, but dont know how accurate it is, or even if they are using the right principals.
Personaly I favor the theroy that bullets along with other objects will be pulled to the right in the northern half regardless of direction of fire. Regardless, its effect at 1000 yards is minimal at best.
Here are some good sites to referance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect#Ballistics
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/crls.rxml
http://www.physics.orst.edu/~mcintyre/coriolis/
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~dvandom/Edu/newcor.html
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm
Personaly I favor the theroy that bullets along with other objects will be pulled to the right in the northern half regardless of direction of fire. Regardless, its effect at 1000 yards is minimal at best.
Here are some good sites to referance:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coriolis_effect#Ballistics
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/fw/crls.rxml
http://www.physics.orst.edu/~mcintyre/coriolis/
http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~dvandom/Edu/newcor.html
http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Slatlong.htm