shooting uphill

bluemule

October 16, 2002 08:20

I know this question has been answered a number of times, but here it is again. When shooting up hill do you hold high or low, and why?

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  lead lobber

  October 16, 2002 08:27

  I hold dead on. Gravity does not change. I do consider the angle at which i will hit the target

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  allen griggs

  October 16, 2002 08:38

  Hold low. Same for shooting downhill. On a 100 yard shot you would never know a difference. Only matters on long shots.

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  bluemule

  October 16, 2002 08:40

  What happens over 100 yds.?

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  drawn

  October 16, 2002 08:42

  http://www.gamecalls.net/huntingtips/upanddownshooting.html
  
  Tried to cut and paste but the auther has it blocked so go there and read the long of it.
  
  "LIFE IS NOT A JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE WITH THE INTENTION OF ARIVING SAFELY IN ONE PRETTY AND WELL PRESERVED PIECE, BUT, TO SKID ACROSS THE LINE BROADSIDE, THOUGHRLY USED UP, WORN OUT, LEAKING OIL, SHOUTING GERONIMO!!"

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  allen griggs

  October 16, 2002 09:17

  Good link,drawn. I understood why but couldn't explain it.
  My point about 100 yards is that on a shot so short the bullet drop is negligible. On a 400 yard shot with a 16 inch drop even on a flat shooting .270 the difference in bullet drop is considerable.
  
  
  Edited by - allen griggs on 10/16/2002 13:19:41

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  lead lobber

  October 16, 2002 10:09

  Intresting link. It seems that it only matters with very steep hills and very long distances. I have never killed a deer over 100yrs. I do have a rifle for that now and am looking foward to trying some 200-300yrd pratice.

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