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To: yeff

If I remember correctly, long range shooters have to figure in the rotation of the Earth in order to be able to hit a target at very long ranges.

Wonder what “computer” Billy Dixon used for his long shot at Adobe Wells.


25 posted on 09/27/2020 11:17:04 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

That ain’t nothing. I saw a chinese movie where a guy with a 6 shooter dropped a guy at 2 miles away off a moving horse with the shooter on a moving train. Course it was his 17th shot out of the six shooter.


26 posted on 09/27/2020 11:30:26 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
If I remember correctly, long range shooters have to figure in the rotation of the Earth in order to be able to hit a target at very long ranges.

True, at least in high angle artillery fire. You also have to correct for wind direction, wind speed and air density in the various layers of atmosphere the round passes through on its way up and down. There are many other factors taken into account as well. It can get complicated at long ranges.

34 posted on 09/27/2020 1:10:01 PM PDT by Chuckster (Friends don't let friends eat farmed fish)
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