shooting uphill - zeroing scope
07-19-2007, 05:56 PM
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Fork Horn
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shooting uphill - zeroing scope
My brother is coming up fromArkansas for a whitetail huntandasked me this question and I told him I'd try to find out.
He zeroed in a scope on a new single shot slug gun 12 gauge, dead on at 100 yards. The area he did this at was about a 10 degree incline. Where do you think the bullet will impact now on level ground? Close enough that he needs not worry about it?
Thanks in advance
Dan
He zeroed in a scope on a new single shot slug gun 12 gauge, dead on at 100 yards. The area he did this at was about a 10 degree incline. Where do you think the bullet will impact now on level ground? Close enough that he needs not worry about it?
Thanks in advance
Dan
07-19-2007, 06:20 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: shooting uphill - zeroing scope
A 10 deg. difference would be enough to be measureable. I suspect you'd need to get upwards of 25-30 deg. or so to start seeing a measureable difference in trajectory. The closer you get to vertical the closer you get to no drop.
07-19-2007, 08:30 PM
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RE: shooting uphill - zeroing scope
ORIGINAL: nchawkeye
It will be 3/8 inch low...Assuming the barometric pressure is 30.10 or higher...
It will be 3/8 inch low...Assuming the barometric pressure is 30.10 or higher...
