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Re: Barrometric pressure Here are some things you might like to know about shooting and barometric pressure: Barometric Pressure and Ballistic Software Making Ballistic Cards Using Density Altitude Manual Calculation of Density Altitude I don't get on here very often - if you...

Re: Ballistic FTE G1 vs. G7 The theoretical advantage of G7 is that it provides a superior calculation of velocity downrange. This may be an advantage with respect to knowing when the bullet is approaching the transonic region - but that may not be much of an advantage to a working sniper...

Re: Balistic Cards don't match DOPE at Long Range You might find this a useful explanation of some reasons why the program output does not match your field results: Sources of Inaccuracies in Ballistic Programs

Re: More accurate Barrett 82a1 or tac 50? Just for the record, I have absolutely no doubt that the Tac50 is inherently more accurate than the Barrett semis. But it takes a lot more skill to drive a heavy-recoiling semi accurately than it does a bolt gun of the same caliber. The Barretts are...

Re: More accurate Barrett 82a1 or tac 50? <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Expect to get 2.5moa accuracy AT VERY BEST.</div></div> Interesting. The first time I ever shot an M82A1, I shot a 1 MOA 5-round group at 690 yards, using Mk...

Re: Just another 1911 picture. That's a really beautiful work of art! My Glock is cringing...

Re: RPM Of A Bullet In Flight Umm, how about hundreds of thousands? Assume that the bullet at the muzzle is going 2600 feet per second in a barrel with a twist that is 1 turn per foot (1 turn in 12 inches.) The math, then, is pretty simple. 2600 revolutions per second X 60 seconds per minute...

Re: Spotting without reticle-based spotting scope There are a couple of ways. Probably the easiest is to base your spot on the target dimensions, either the width or the height. "Adjust your point of aim half the width of the target to the right," say, or "Come up one-quarter of the height of...

Re: Temp affect on velocity If you haven't read it, this may be a useful link: Sources of Ballistic Program Inaccuracies

Re: Temp affect on velocity The only way to really know is to how much temperature affects muzzle velocity is to chronograph the load in your rifle at different temperatures. However, when I have no data on a load, the figure I assume is 1 foot per second per degree F. That's about what a...

Re: Angle Shooting Gear You can also do that calculation much faster with a Mildot Master than a calculator.

Re: 100y vs: 200y zero.... The advantage of using a 100 yard zero v. 200 is that everything is "up". With a common .308 load, and a scope with 5 mils of marks below the horizontal axis, one can simply hold high using the reticle out to 600 yards. In my experience, beyond that range one often...

Re: 100y vs: 200y zero.... Umm, no. Both 100 yards and 200 yards are too short a distance for the weather to have any effect on the zero, with the <span style="font-style: italic">possible</span> exception of extremes in temperature, which has an effect on muzzle velocity rather than air...

Re: Angle Shooting Gear At longer distances, multiplying the actual range to the target by the cosine of the angle may not be sufficiently accurate. A better method is to multiply the dope for the actual distance by the cosine. See: Inclined Fire Explained - Sierra External Ballistics.

Re: High angle/ is this right? FRANK you been there If it is a rhetorical question, that's fine. But its analog, that of a shot straight down, is not a mere possibility. It has, in at least one case, been made on a real target. Furthermore, it's a shot which requires computation. There is, in...

Re: Reticle Conundrum A BDC reticle is useful in a very limited scope of loads and distance - at longer distances one will have to compensate for atmospheric conditions. I don't find either BDC reticles or knobs useful. More useful for me is a universal graduated reticle which can be used...

Re: Help me Choose please. If you buy any AI in a caliber, you'll never need another rifle in that caliber. My second precision rifle was an AI AE in 7.62X51, in 2003. I've never seen any reason to buy another in that caliber.

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Re: Looking for my first rifle Graham: It could be worse. He could come down to Rifles Only, and use Jacob's AW for the course. Then he'd have to go buy an AW, and he'd be out 7 grand. And he wouldn't own a scope...

Re: High angle/ is this right? FRANK you been there Actually, it is more accurate to take the dope for the actual distance - in your example, 400 meters - and multiply the dope by the cosine of the angle. To understand why, read this link: Inclined Fire Explained In addition, there is a...