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To: Magnum44
I'm following you, and I agree that the CE is one factor that in a lengthy shot, has some effect on the trajectory of a bullet.

That said, for shots that a person (a sniper or long-distance shooter would take), I would consider the CE a much, much smaller effect than factors like wind or gravity.

And if you're a person that wants to be able to make a reasonable effort to hit targets beyond 1000 yards--just to satisfy your curiosity, I suppose you could attempt to apply the Coriolis "rules," but I think they're beyond the comprehension of most normal shooters. If you hit a target at these ranges, it's mostly luck; if you miss, there's more to blame than just the Coriolis Effect.

50 posted on 12/02/2019 7:40:45 AM PST by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: Lou L

Wind is most certainly the hardest to predict and bad prediction would overwhelm other effects at distance.

Regarding the application of CE, I can simulate the effects on a computer, but wouldn’t attempt to calculate them on the range. I would let a Kestrel or other ballistics calculator include that for me, along with spin drift and all the other rifle/cartridge specific ballistics. If I haven’t dorked up the Kestrel inputs (garbage in, garbage out), then elevation is usually spot on and I can attribute any windage deviation to my own poor reading of winds.


52 posted on 12/02/2019 7:52:20 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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