FGR1
08-07-2014, 10:11 PM
Bigguy. Im still pondering the data you put up. Drop is fixed but when dealing with line of sight of the scope and the trajectory of the barrel the bullet makes a curve and the scope line of sight is straight. Im beginning to wonder if there may be merit to your comment and you have me curious.
First thought is velocity drop is a fixed constant and it doesnt matter how many clicks up you dial the spread will be the same. But you think of the line of sight intersecting the ballistic curve and you may have brought up something ive heard nothing about so far.
I'm with you on that. At first seems out of whack but when you consider a bullet shot perfectly level will drop at a rate of 9.8m/s/s but if it is fired in an arc it actually rises, requiring it to decelerate to zero vertical velocity before accelerating downward at the same rate. My physics is a little rusty so I won't try it on paper, gonna have to use a long range and a taaaaaaall target haha.
First thought is velocity drop is a fixed constant and it doesnt matter how many clicks up you dial the spread will be the same. But you think of the line of sight intersecting the ballistic curve and you may have brought up something ive heard nothing about so far.
I'm with you on that. At first seems out of whack but when you consider a bullet shot perfectly level will drop at a rate of 9.8m/s/s but if it is fired in an arc it actually rises, requiring it to decelerate to zero vertical velocity before accelerating downward at the same rate. My physics is a little rusty so I won't try it on paper, gonna have to use a long range and a taaaaaaall target haha.