Could someone please explain in relatively simple terms why you need to aim low when shooting up or down hill.
Could someone please explain in relatively simple terms why you need to aim low when shooting up or down hill.
Sometimes if you take a problem to extremes it's easier to work out what's going on.
Imagine shooting vertically up. You wouldn't have to aim off no matter what the range 'cos gravity wouldn't be dragging the bullet off course. Same if you shot vertically down.
Hope that makes sense.
Absolute rubbish. The bullet is always dropping from the time it leaves the muzzle. At no time does it rise in an arc.because shooting over a flat plain gives a slight arc trajectory,,,, uphill or downhill its a very slightly different trajectory to your flat one
In really simple terms, because that's what I understand, you only consider the horizontal distance. So it might be 200 yards away, but if you are shooting down at 30 degrees that will only be about 170 yards of horizontal distance so that's what you allow for.
With calibres that shoot +\- 1" to 200 yds or thereabouts at normal stalking distances it's not really something you need to worry about too much. Stretch out to 300 yds and start shooting at 30 degree angles (pretty extreme) and you need to factor it in.
Absolute rubbish. The bullet is always dropping from the time it leaves the muzzle. At no time does it rise in an arc.
The arc you see on the ballistic charts is because of the point of aim being higher.
Absolute rubbish. The bullet is always dropping from the time it leaves the muzzle. At no time does it rise in an arc.
The arc you see on the ballistic charts is because of the point of aim being higher.
,,,,Where did i say it rises in an arc ,,,,,,,i meant what you said its the same thing its allways falling, ,he asked for a simple answerAbsolute rubbish. The bullet is always dropping from the time it leaves the muzzle. At no time does it rise in an arc.
The arc you see on the ballistic charts is because of the point of aim being higher.
If you fire a rifle parallel to the ground the bullet is always falling it is basic physics. Anyone who thinks different should spend more time shooting and less time on Google
Reminds me of the other pub quiz question, hold bullet in one hand and drop it at the same time as firing a rifle horizontally with the same type of bullet, which bullet hits the ground first