RE: SIGHTING IN
Don,
I am not having trouble understanding, but I think you are. If you were do decide that you were going to shoot at a 14” target at 700 yards and you’re gun (notice I didn’t say shooter) was not able to keep the projectile within 7” of the line of sight, you are simply out any type of “point blank range” that this weapon is capable of achieving. If the bullet were to fall two feet below the line of sight at 700 yards and have a maximum trajectory of two feet the target would have to be four feet to be with in the point blank range. If the target is smaller than four feet, you are shooting outside of the point blank range. Sure there are mathematical equations that would allow you to shoot at this target, and hit it repeatedly, mortar rounds have proven that, but don’t mistake this type of shooting for being with the point blank range of the weapon (not shooter).
Again, if one were to shoot at a target within its point blank range, you would hit it every time by aiming at the center of the target. The target would have to be somewhere in between the muzzle and the distance in which the projectile falls equal distance below the line of sight as the maximum trajectory. Point blank range is meant to allow for accurate shooting at a sensible target with in a given distance without adjusting the point of aim. And that is not what you are describing.
KP