Range Report possibly a stupid question???

[mlw332]

One of the places we have to shoot here is a 500-800 yard section of a high voltage power line (the ones that make your hair stand up when walking under them)
will this have any thing to do with point of impact vs point of aim? something I have wondered about but never found an answer.
Thanks

 

[shootist2004]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

no but you will probably get cancer in a few years........

 

[Jackalope33B]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

bet you cant hit that high voltage power line

 

[wIg SpLiTtEr]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

I personally don't see any way static electricity could affect trajectory but I guess you never know. Interesting question...

 

[Guest]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

Well lets see, copper moving threw or along magnetic lines of force,....Yes, there is something to that, but Mr. Edison nor Mr. Westinghouse are not around to answer that question.

Use a copper flashed steel core bullet,(the 30 cal 158gr that Israel uses works best} shooting with and across the Hv lines(270Kva or better), an see what happens. As the Voltage gets near or above 270Kva, when the Rh is low vs high an the flight apex is near the lines, it can be a game changer.

 

[Greg Langelius *]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

The physics say there must be, but practical logic says it's probably imperceptible.

 

[mlw332]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

copper vs magnetic/high voltage just made me wonder ..... all i could really see was either I made bad wind calls all day or something else was happening... at 570 it took right at 20" of windage to get on target if I remember correctly

 

[K2Ballistics]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

Not sure, but I would not hesitate to use it as an excuse.

 

[Guest]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mlw332</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> I made bad wind calls all day or something else was happening... at 570 it took right at 20" of windage to get on target if I remember correctly </div></div>

20" of wind is not from the power lines, even the 1 million KV boxed lines in NY state won't do that much. Something else happening there.

 

[gstaylorg]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

20" windage @ 570 yd is in the neighborhood of an approximately 8.5 mph (full value) wind. Nothing extraordinary there.

 

[mlw332]

Re: possibly a stupid question???

got the final word back today.... gunsmith states the scope had a very slight cant to the left when mounted previously....