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<blockquote data-quote="aitch" data-source="post: 186689" data-attributes="member: 9144"><p><strong>Angled shots</strong></p><p></p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Ian,</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">In this excellent article you state:</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="color: black"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">"Bottom line is that angled shots are NOT as far as they might appear, the bullet does not travel as far horizontally so it is not effected by gravity as long as it might seem."</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Ok, here's where I struggle. In an extreme example, I am on a canyon rim. 300 yards below me and 300 yards away (horizontally), is my trophy. The distance from the canyon rim to the target is 424 yards, the angle is 45º.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My rifle is zeroed at 300 yards. The difference between the horizontal distance and target distance is 142 yards. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">For arguments sake, my bullet is traveling at 3,000 ft/sec. At this speed, the bullet should be in the air .142 seconds longer than if the target were at 300 yds horizontally. Yes?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">The bullet is in flight longer, thus affected by deceleration, friction with air molecules and gravity longer yet it will hit the target high if I don't correct for the angle.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">My math may be flawed but this is counterintuitive. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Gravity is not just a suggestion, it's the law, I don't dispute it, I just don't understand its effect on angled shots. </span></span></p><p> </p><p>Aitch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aitch, post: 186689, member: 9144"] [b]Angled shots[/b] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Ian,[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]In this excellent article you state:[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]“Bottom line is that angled shots are NOT as far as they might appear, the bullet does not travel as far horizontally so it is not effected by gravity as long as it might seem.”[/SIZE][/FONT][/COLOR] [SIZE=3][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Ok, here’s where I struggle. In an extreme example, I am on a canyon rim. 300 yards below me and 300 yards away (horizontally), is my trophy. The distance from the canyon rim to the target is 424 yards, the angle is 45º.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My rifle is zeroed at 300 yards. The difference between the horizontal distance and target distance is 142 yards. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]For arguments sake, my bullet is traveling at 3,000 ft/sec. At this speed, the bullet should be in the air .142 seconds longer than if the target were at 300 yds horizontally. Yes?[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The bullet is in flight longer, thus affected by deceleration, friction with air molecules and gravity longer yet it will hit the target high if I don’t correct for the angle.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]My math may be flawed but this is counterintuitive. [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Gravity is not just a suggestion, it’s the law, I don’t dispute it, I just don’t understand its effect on angled shots. [/SIZE][/FONT] Aitch [/QUOTE]
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