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How to Shoot Uphill and Downhill
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnHigh" data-source="post: 812759" data-attributes="member: 41215"><p>COHunter14, I apologize it has taken me so long to respond. To answer you question directly, the adjacent side of the triangle which is the horizontal distance to the target is the distance most rangefinders give you when they compensate for the angle. I say most because very high tech rangefinders like the BR2 actually provide a full-on ballistic solution. In other words, these rangefinders have a ballistic program built into them and know what bullet your shooting and all sorts of other environmental data.</p><p></p><p>But if you look at a rangefinder like the Swarovski El Range, all it is doing to get the corrected distance to the target is doing the cosine math for you and giving you the adjacent side of the triangle which, again, is the horizontal distance to the target.</p><p></p><p>You are absolutely correct that if you use a standard rangefinder it will be giving you the hypotenuse or straight line distance to the target. You can then do the math yourself and figure out the adjacent side or horizontal distance to target and then use your method of choice for compensating accordingly.</p><p></p><p>I hope that helps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnHigh, post: 812759, member: 41215"] COHunter14, I apologize it has taken me so long to respond. To answer you question directly, the adjacent side of the triangle which is the horizontal distance to the target is the distance most rangefinders give you when they compensate for the angle. I say most because very high tech rangefinders like the BR2 actually provide a full-on ballistic solution. In other words, these rangefinders have a ballistic program built into them and know what bullet your shooting and all sorts of other environmental data. But if you look at a rangefinder like the Swarovski El Range, all it is doing to get the corrected distance to the target is doing the cosine math for you and giving you the adjacent side of the triangle which, again, is the horizontal distance to the target. You are absolutely correct that if you use a standard rangefinder it will be giving you the hypotenuse or straight line distance to the target. You can then do the math yourself and figure out the adjacent side or horizontal distance to target and then use your method of choice for compensating accordingly. I hope that helps. [/QUOTE]
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