I had a few rounds to test, but it was raining so i thought it wouldn't be a good day to test? So how does rain affect or is it effect bullet flight?
Range Report How does shooting in the rain affect bullet flight
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Re: How does shooting in the rain affect bullet flight
UHh NO?
Seriously though, there is a shock wave that is pushed ahead of the bullet that displaces the raindrops and there is no noticeable loss of velocity or increase in drop.
If you were shooting at long distance you would probably notice some major effects, not from the rain, but from the rapid humidity and pressure changes that accompany weather fronts...
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UHh NO?
Seriously though, there is a shock wave that is pushed ahead of the bullet that displaces the raindrops and there is no noticeable loss of velocity or increase in drop.
If you were shooting at long distance you would probably notice some major effects, not from the rain, but from the rapid humidity and pressure changes that accompany weather fronts...
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Re: How does shooting in the rain affect bullet flight
Here's another way to think about it. In light rain, there is a lot of space between rain drops, and when you fire, you are sending a bullet through a very small path through a 3d field of obstacles. The longer that path, the higher the probability of a strike. To counter that argument, the longer the distance, the lower the visibility, and the harder the rain, the even shorter the visibility. Long story longer, if it's raining really hard, you're going to be limited on distance anyway.
I've fired some relatively short distances in some seriously ridiculous rain and never saw an obvious issue on target.
Branden
Here's another way to think about it. In light rain, there is a lot of space between rain drops, and when you fire, you are sending a bullet through a very small path through a 3d field of obstacles. The longer that path, the higher the probability of a strike. To counter that argument, the longer the distance, the lower the visibility, and the harder the rain, the even shorter the visibility. Long story longer, if it's raining really hard, you're going to be limited on distance anyway.
I've fired some relatively short distances in some seriously ridiculous rain and never saw an obvious issue on target.
Branden
Re: How does shooting in the rain affect bullet flight
The farthest i have shot in the rain is 600 yds. We were shooting at balloons blown up to different sizes from 4 to around 9 inches. Don't know exactly how much the rain affected our shots but we were hitting the balloons before,during,and after the rain. So it couldn't have been much.
The farthest i have shot in the rain is 600 yds. We were shooting at balloons blown up to different sizes from 4 to around 9 inches. Don't know exactly how much the rain affected our shots but we were hitting the balloons before,during,and after the rain. So it couldn't have been much.
