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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 940925" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>I understand your thinking but it's not correct.</p><p></p><p>You are thinking in terms of how an error at 100yds increases in value as the distance grows.</p><p></p><p>Deviations due to an error at the muzzle increase linearly.</p><p></p><p>If you are off 1" at 100, the error would then be 10" at one thousand. The deviation from LOS in this case is linear.</p><p></p><p>Looking at wind effect on the bullet however is not linear because you have a constant force acting against the bullet throughout it's flight and the effect of that force becomes greater per measured range increment due to the slowing of the bullet.</p><p></p><p>Look at wind effects on flight similar to gravity. Neither are linear, it's a curve with an ever greater effect throughout the flight of the bullet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 940925, member: 30902"] I understand your thinking but it's not correct. You are thinking in terms of how an error at 100yds increases in value as the distance grows. Deviations due to an error at the muzzle increase linearly. If you are off 1" at 100, the error would then be 10" at one thousand. The deviation from LOS in this case is linear. Looking at wind effect on the bullet however is not linear because you have a constant force acting against the bullet throughout it's flight and the effect of that force becomes greater per measured range increment due to the slowing of the bullet. Look at wind effects on flight similar to gravity. Neither are linear, it's a curve with an ever greater effect throughout the flight of the bullet. [/QUOTE]
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