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Necessary precision to kill something
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<blockquote data-quote="ChrisInKY" data-source="post: 3059814" data-attributes="member: 94377"><p>I know that question is not to me. But, I'd offer you take a look at the drop curves for your bullet. The farther out you're shooting the greater the angle of the target's cross section you're trying to impact.</p><p></p><p>Some people can almost see it ... dropping a bullet on target -vs- shooting it. I worked for years with an engineer who developed the Navy's software to do that with their BIG guns. It requires a genius I can't even think of holding a candle to.</p><p></p><p>ETA: I called that fella and he told me tell you this, "Calculate the effect of spin drift (BC ... flight time ... twist rate ... projectile length ... air density). Doing that will give you the legs to answer all the questions you have on the subject by yourself." Of course there was probably 45 minutes of other stuff that were completely over my head. Whoever knew you could calculate a shot from a platform on a rolling sea ... shoot 25 miles ... and drop a 2,000lb round within a hundred yards of what you were aiming at?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChrisInKY, post: 3059814, member: 94377"] I know that question is not to me. But, I'd offer you take a look at the drop curves for your bullet. The farther out you're shooting the greater the angle of the target's cross section you're trying to impact. Some people can almost see it ... dropping a bullet on target -vs- shooting it. I worked for years with an engineer who developed the Navy's software to do that with their BIG guns. It requires a genius I can't even think of holding a candle to. ETA: I called that fella and he told me tell you this, "Calculate the effect of spin drift (BC ... flight time ... twist rate ... projectile length ... air density). Doing that will give you the legs to answer all the questions you have on the subject by yourself." Of course there was probably 45 minutes of other stuff that were completely over my head. Whoever knew you could calculate a shot from a platform on a rolling sea ... shoot 25 miles ... and drop a 2,000lb round within a hundred yards of what you were aiming at? [/QUOTE]
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