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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 156902" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>Eddybo</p><p></p><p> [ QUOTE ]</p><p> gives true distance? </p><p> </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>This is where the problem begins in understanding the issue. There are many true distances. The laser measures a "true" straight line distance. It is not the "true" distance the bullet travels. Infact distance is not the chief concern, it is just something you can measure in the field very easily.</p><p></p><p>The chief concern is the angle of the bullet with respect to gravity and how long gravity has to accelerate the bullet downward. Because the bullet path is not a straight line, but a big looping curve at long range, there is no simple way of accurately calculating the exact effect of gravity on the bullet. Computers can make more complex calculations quicker than one of us out in the field but you must first ascertain whether the guy who wrote the computer program actually KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. In the world of computer programming is the saying <font color="red">GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT </font> , meaning that a computer is no better than what is put into it. It is not a magic box and there are just as many quack engineers and physicist as there are doctors and lawyers.</p><p></p><p>I know this does not fully answer your question but I hope it gets you started back to a new basic understanding of the issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 156902, member: 8"] Eddybo [ QUOTE ] gives true distance? [/ QUOTE ] This is where the problem begins in understanding the issue. There are many true distances. The laser measures a "true" straight line distance. It is not the "true" distance the bullet travels. Infact distance is not the chief concern, it is just something you can measure in the field very easily. The chief concern is the angle of the bullet with respect to gravity and how long gravity has to accelerate the bullet downward. Because the bullet path is not a straight line, but a big looping curve at long range, there is no simple way of accurately calculating the exact effect of gravity on the bullet. Computers can make more complex calculations quicker than one of us out in the field but you must first ascertain whether the guy who wrote the computer program actually KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING. In the world of computer programming is the saying <font color="red">GARBAGE IN GARBAGE OUT </font> , meaning that a computer is no better than what is put into it. It is not a magic box and there are just as many quack engineers and physicist as there are doctors and lawyers. I know this does not fully answer your question but I hope it gets you started back to a new basic understanding of the issue. [/QUOTE]
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