Rpg
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I consider bullet drop only to extent necessary to ensure that my line of aim intersects the arc of the projectile at a useful distance.
Do you take bullet drop into account?
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Been a while since I was in physics so, please, forgive my ignorance, but I thought that only worked with static items. IE: a ball pushed vs a ball dropped. Once you introduce the spiral of the barrel, and the spin of the round, that no longer was true, because a spinning "bullet" would stay "aloft" longer then a dropped one.
Am I not remembering my physics correctly?
At any realistic distance bullet drop will not be an issue. Unless you find yourself in the middle of a cow pasture and a guy with a rifle shooting at you. That doesn't happen very often in the real world.
Back to class!
Back to school for you!
Gravity is the only force that applies.
A bullet fired from a gun, barrel level, will hit the ground at the same time as a bullet dropped at the very moment the bullet leaves the barrel...if dropped from the same height as the barrel, of course.
Better yet, in a vacuum, a feather, cannonball, piano, whatever will all fall at exactly the same speed and hit the ground at exactly the same time when dropped from the same distance.
GRAVITY is the key here.
Be safe.
138052926]Been a while since I was in physics so, please, forgive my ignorance, but I thought that only worked with static items. IE: a ball pushed vs a ball dropped. Once you introduce the spiral of the barrel, and the spin of the round, that no longer was true, because a spinning "bullet" would stay "aloft" longer then a dropped one.
Am I not remembering my physics correctly?[/QUOTE]
Back to school for you!
Gravity is the only force that applies.
A bullet fired from a gun, barrel level, will hit the ground at the same time as a bullet dropped at the very moment the bullet leaves the barrel...if dropped from the same height as the barrel, of course.
Better yet, in a vacuum, a feather, cannonball, piano, whatever will all fall at exactly the same speed and hit the ground at exactly the same time when dropped from the same distance.
GRAVITY is the key here.
Be safe.
138052926]Been a while since I was in physics so, please, forgive my ignorance, but I thought that only worked with static items. IE: a ball pushed vs a ball dropped. Once you introduce the spiral of the barrel, and the spin of the round, that no longer was true, because a spinning "bullet" would stay "aloft" longer then a dropped one.
Am I not remembering my physics correctly?[/QUOTE]
Rick_A
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If your firearm is properly sighted in you've already done so.
Most of my handguns will shoot to about 25 yards with no hold over and the rifles 300.
Most of my handguns will shoot to about 25 yards with no hold over and the rifles 300.
If I'm using a handgun at such a distance that bullet drop is an issue, I need a rifle just for the improved accuracy.
elm_creek_smith
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What you have and what you need are irrelevant when push comes to shove. I carry a .357 Magnum most of the time and always when I'm traveling. I may not have my rifle, but I'm going to be accurate enough at 100-150 yards to make someone get his head down so I have a chance to move to better cover. (Yes, I practice at 100 yards with my handguns.)
Is there any defensible 100-150 yard self defense shooting scenario?
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Hummm bullet drop.
I ask myself at the moment which distances we talking about.
Home defense. I have one point in the house in which I have both entrances in sight. The longest distance to the utility room door would be 42 feet. The distance to the living room door from the same position, would be 28 feet. That's my HD distance.
I practice this distances with my HD weapons SD9, M&P 40 and PPQ 40..... Going to the shooting range means for me to practice with my weapons the possible distances in my home, including my 12 gauge shotgun.
SD for carry weapons like my Shield, PPS, Taurus Slim,.... I practice a distance of 30 feet. Here is it more important how fast I can place a bullet on a target because a possible aggressor with a knife, etc. can close up 10 yards in less than 2 seconds.
Bullet drop is not an issue in a HD or SD scenario. HP bullets that miss are as bad as a FMJ on a grocery store parking lot. But even on a parking lot the bullet get stopped by light posts, cars before a bullet drop comes in play.
It's a nice hypothetical intellectual game for a reality disconnected classroom scenario that not apply to Handguns in a real world SD or HD scenario.
Outside a SD,HD scenario we practice on a secured shooting ranch - right?
I ask myself at the moment which distances we talking about.
Home defense. I have one point in the house in which I have both entrances in sight. The longest distance to the utility room door would be 42 feet. The distance to the living room door from the same position, would be 28 feet. That's my HD distance.
I practice this distances with my HD weapons SD9, M&P 40 and PPQ 40..... Going to the shooting range means for me to practice with my weapons the possible distances in my home, including my 12 gauge shotgun.
SD for carry weapons like my Shield, PPS, Taurus Slim,.... I practice a distance of 30 feet. Here is it more important how fast I can place a bullet on a target because a possible aggressor with a knife, etc. can close up 10 yards in less than 2 seconds.
Bullet drop is not an issue in a HD or SD scenario. HP bullets that miss are as bad as a FMJ on a grocery store parking lot. But even on a parking lot the bullet get stopped by light posts, cars before a bullet drop comes in play.
It's a nice hypothetical intellectual game for a reality disconnected classroom scenario that not apply to Handguns in a real world SD or HD scenario.
Outside a SD,HD scenario we practice on a secured shooting ranch - right?
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Mcwsky09
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In any dynamic critical incident it is important not to drop your bullets. 
gregintenn
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If I'm far enough away from a threat that bullet drop becomes an issue, I'm beating feet; not shooting.
I attended a 1911 class yesterday and part of the time we were doing a drill where everyone would shoot at a steel silhouette target. If you hit it you got to move back and go again. If you missed you were out. We got back to around 100 yards and the same POA was ringing the steel with those big slow 230gr LRN bullets.
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