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  1. goodgorilla

    Police Gain Access to Home Security Cameras

    That's an interesting subject. What if the owner of the security footage doesn't want their footage to be viewed? I think a search warrant would be needed. Also, when could a person log in to view the footage? What if you don't want anybody looking in your home at a given time, like if your...
  2. goodgorilla

    Walgreens fires pharmacist with firearm

    A few years ago, I got fired from walgreens for not showing up to work after they changed my schedule when I was on vacation. The day they fired me, I was the best man at my friend's wedding. I'm not the first person who's schedule was changed on vacation. I also know someone who knows a pharm...
  3. goodgorilla

    Does Sniper's Hide really need the constant flow of LE bashing?

    I just hope cops will disobey orders if they are unlawful/unconstitutional. But what if something really messed up becomes law?
  4. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    I didn't see anyone else mention that air resistance has more of an affect on a bullet than gravity. The air resistance gets thinner as you shoot up, and thicker as you shoot down. So if gravity is slowing down the bullet while the air is getting thinner, it's not so different from the bullet...
  5. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    He said his kestrel was doing the math. The more I read, the more it seems like I should use ballistic programs and print outs.
  6. goodgorilla

    Saying goodbye to my best friend

    It was less than a year ago my brother and I had to put our dog to sleep. He was hit by a car and broke his back. It was very painful to watch the life leave his eyes. It takes time for the pain go away.
  7. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship Books?

    I started reading it last week, and I'm really liking it. I'm only like 40 pages in and have learned several things.
  8. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    The cosine equation isn't good enough? edit: I've read that if your angle of fire is extreme, you have to use an advanced rifleman's rule and change your B.C. to account for the change in altitude. If you don't change your B.C. over a 1000 yard strait line shot, your shot will only be off by...
  9. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    There's nothing to worry about? So we just use the strait line distance for wind correction? I'm fine with using what works. I found the equation for the time of flight: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projectile_motion It's near the middle. Looks like a function you need a graphing calculator...
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    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    I had some thoughts about the flight time with respect to flight angle. I'm pretty sure if you shoot a bullet strait up in the air say 2k yards, it will take longer than shooting the bullet strait down 2k yards. Ignoring wind resistance on both bullets, the bullet shot strait up will be slowing...
  11. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship How do you calculate wind correction without a ballistic calculator?

    I know what wind direction is and how to use it, come on. I was just asking how do you go from. I feel this wind on my face to, the wind is coming at me at 11:30. You use a piece of yarn for that? That could work.
  12. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    What he said could still be true after what you said. He didn't clarify what distance he was talking about. I'm pretty sure he was just saying that you never use the adjusted distance for wind corrections and/or you use the strait line distance for that. The adjusted distance does not reflect...
  13. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    I got it, I was trying to delete my old post, but I think it serves a purpose now. Just to make sure I got it right now, you always use the strait line distance for wind correction?
  14. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship Up HIll - Down HIll: Yes, once again!

    I think I am missing the obvious. A 1000 yard bullet going down hill will have more flight time that a 1000 yard target on flat, and much more flight time than an uphill shot? Which would give each shot different wind corrections. How do you adjust your wind corrections for these situations? I'm...
  15. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship How do you calculate wind correction without a ballistic calculator?

    Probably worthy of the stupid questions, but how do you determine the direction at your position? Drop some sand? I also saw that you can hook up the kestrel on something that can get the wind direction, but that thing looks kind of clunky.
  16. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship How do you calculate wind correction without a ballistic calculator?

    I have not looked at any ballistic calculators yet even though I do own a kestrel with applied ballistics. I'm not using the device yet because my first rifle isn't completed. I understand that the ballistic calculator is really accurate. What got me thinking about doing it manually is because I...
  17. goodgorilla

    Advanced Marksmanship How do you calculate wind correction without a ballistic calculator?

    I've been reading a book called Reading wind for the rifle shooter, so I believe that I understand the basics on how wind correction is suppose to be done. However, so far in the book it doesn't address ballistic coefficient, bullet velocity, or basically anything about a custom load. I'm most...
  18. goodgorilla

    shooting beyond 500 yards

    I read somewhere that if your bore has some wear on it, it can cause the bullet to drift.
  19. goodgorilla

    See what your county got from the military

    My county didn't get anything. I wonder if it's because all the people here have guns, or that we are a peaceful town.
  20. goodgorilla

    Anyone here ever seen a UFO?

    I'll come out with it, I suppose. I'll just tell the story the way it happened, sorry if the wording isn't that entertaining. It happened when I was about 12 years old. The only measure of the date was some of my family went out to see Crocodile Dundee 1 or 2 in the movie theatres when a few...
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