Posted on 11/29/2016 11:26:22 AM PST by w1n1
You may not be taking this into Account in Precision Long Range Shooting. If you’re into long range shooting, its important to understand how the “Coriolis effect” affects your shot at 1000 yards or greater.
The Coriolis effect is the rotation of the earth and the movement of a target downrange from the shooter. This is another element that a long distance shooter has to consider for along with wind, rain, snow, distance, elevation and a many other factors. Accounting for all these factors signifies the skill sets needed for precision long range shooting.
In simple layman's term:
"if you're shooting West, your target’s gonna rotate up and towards us, which is gonna cause the bullets to hit lower."
"if you're facing east, the target's going to be dropping and slightly moving away, which is gonna cause the hits to be higher."
Jeremy from Gunwerks points out these small errors can cause huge misses at greater distances than 1000 yards if you don't pay attention to. Could be that buck that you're missing out on. See the video footage here.
This is why all good ranges are laid out right on an East West line......... ;-)
Artillery, sure. Coriolis effect on a rifle? That morning cup of coffee has way more influence than the earth’s rotation.
I look forward to an article about compensating for relativistic effects when using high-velocity ammo.
That’s why they never noticed this problem during the civil war, because it was north/south.
But we will need to take this into account when CA secedes. Once the commies are all in one place we should take the initiative to wipe them out.
For myself, I avoid the coriolis problem by using artillery for people more than 1000 yds away.
When Kalifornia secedes does that mean the sea level on the East coast will fall?
Important considerations for distance, how far to lead a moving target, and figuring muzzle energy.
For later.
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Perhaps. Is there a risk that the country will tip over if California is removed?
“I look forward to an article about compensating for relativistic effects when using high-velocity ammo.”
like slightly sub-light-speed “ammo”, for example?
You forgot “pi r square” , although my wife’s pie are round.
I don’t know about relativistic effects.
But I frequently experience quantum effects as my bullets strike randomly on and around the target.
I don’t care if pie are round or square, as long as pie are tasty.
I'm sorry, but if you're shooting at a buck at over 1,000 yards, you're nobody's idea of a sportsman, and a poor excuse for a hunter.
The winds aloft had a greater effect on our artillery fires, but we had a calculation we made to consider all those variables. Later, computers made our job easier.
Here's a gotcha that some hunters don't take seriously enough:
When using a laser sight with a charging target — such as a Texas wild hog — the Doppler shift resulting from the target's closing velocity can actually cause the laser dot to be shifted into the ultraviolet, causing visibility problems for the shooter.
Doesn't happen too often, but hey, knowledge is power.
Please keep in mind that there are a lot of non-commies in California. We are outnumbered though.
Dittos to that Red!
Interesting that they don’t actually _calculate_ what the effect should be, just fire a few rounds in different directions and casually attribute the difference in results.
Instructors at the long-range course I took (Storm Mountain) addressed the Coriolis Effect by saying “ignore it, doesn’t matter at these ranges” (around 1000m, roughly upper end of .308 uses).
It will lean to the right.
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