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why do shots drop more when shooting at a small incline at extreme range?
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<blockquote data-quote="Topshot" data-source="post: 680184" data-attributes="member: 13285"><p>This is hard to describe and I am not doing a great job of describing what is in my head, so I will give some examples using my load.</p><p> </p><p>2000 yards flat.......... 76.6 MOA required.</p><p>2000 yards down 5 degrees 76.4 MOA required. (So if you used 76.6 MOA without taking the angle into account, you would hit high)</p><p> </p><p>2000 yards x cosine 5 degrees = 1992.4 yards.</p><p>1992.4 yards flat requires 76.0 MOA. (So if you used 76.0 MOA over a 2000 yard slope distance you would hit low).</p><p> </p><p>So by simply using the cosine angle and reducing it to 1992.4 yards will give you less elevation than a true 2000 yard shot down a 5 degree slope by some 0.4 MOA.</p><p> </p><p>As I said before, it has to do with how you calculate the shot and the total distance that the projectile travels through the air in real life.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topshot, post: 680184, member: 13285"] This is hard to describe and I am not doing a great job of describing what is in my head, so I will give some examples using my load. 2000 yards flat.......... 76.6 MOA required. 2000 yards down 5 degrees 76.4 MOA required. (So if you used 76.6 MOA without taking the angle into account, you would hit high) 2000 yards x cosine 5 degrees = 1992.4 yards. 1992.4 yards flat requires 76.0 MOA. (So if you used 76.0 MOA over a 2000 yard slope distance you would hit low). So by simply using the cosine angle and reducing it to 1992.4 yards will give you less elevation than a true 2000 yard shot down a 5 degree slope by some 0.4 MOA. As I said before, it has to do with how you calculate the shot and the total distance that the projectile travels through the air in real life. [/QUOTE]
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