RIFLE SIGHT IN
i was sighting in a rifle the other day when a friend of mine came by. he told me i was wasting my time. of coarce i asked him why . he explained that i was shooting up a hill and that would have an efect when i was shooting on a straight plane. i told him he was NUTS , well he got mad and left. well my question is will it really affect the target when you shoot horizontal. after he left i set a protractor on the gun and i am 5 degrees high at a 100 yards
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It does make a difference but the error introduced from a 5deg incline at 100 yds is negligible. It doesn't matter if the target is above or below "level" the effect is the same. The bullet will strike ABOVE the expected point of impact. I've found the resulting change of impact is negligible until the angle exceeds approx 45 deg and/or the range exceeds 300 yards. Tuff to find a place to practice these shots which is why most hunters should not shoot in these instances. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by jwb267
i was sighting in a rifle the other day when a friend of mine came by. he told me i was wasting my time. of coarce i asked him why . he explained that i was shooting up a hill and that would have an efect when i was shooting on a straight plane. i told him he was NUTS , well he got mad and left. well my question is will it really affect the target when you shoot horizontal. after he left i set a protractor on the gun and i am 5 degrees high at a 100 yards
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It does make a difference, since the drop of the bullet will only be in relation to straight linear distance traveled at 90 degrees from the force of gravity. Been a while since I've had the math background to calculate it, but like elkoholic said, 5 deg. over 100 yards won't be much difference... 0 -
Move the target back about 6 inches. That'll show you your point of impact change at 100 yds on a 5 degree incline. 0
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