Posted on 12/20/2011 9:38:28 AM PST by TSgt
What is the distance you are shooting?
With a 1000 yard zero, the bullet is highest at approximately 600 yards, at about 145 inches (12 feet +)
To describe an arc with a 200 ft high point, you would need some serious elevation hold, or a blunt tip bullet that bleeds off velocity rapidly, which then would make the second leg of the arc more difficult to stretch.
maybe a large chunk of lead with a blunt tip would do that, I don't know, but when talking trajectories in inches, 200 feet is 2400 inches.
Then again, 1500 yard and beyond, the high point would increase. 2400 inches does seem high.
I think my Marlin 1895ss can handle up to 500 grains, it’s a carbine however, 18.5 barrel length,so not so long range, I would love to try a larger grain, had to get a vest because of the massive bruise I got after 20 rnds.
If the weapon was a flintlock, I wonder if he thought it was unloaded and was flashing the pan for some reason. That could explain why he wouldn’t be aware of the muzzle direction - though it doesn’t excuse it.
Hahahahahahh on the vest. I use a PAST shoulder pad because the first time I shot the rifle the right side of my body went numb and the the next morning I couldn’t decide whether the bruise on my shoulder was just a bruise or massive internal bleeding.
But it has worked out well for me. I have found that the .45-70 enforces good shooting technique or you’re going to hurt.
I’m looking at a new PAST pad....I don’t remember the name of it but it is something like Super Magnun Plus Ultra Turbo Double X-Treme shoulder pad. About an inch thick.
I have always wondered how well the vests work. Do they work well for you? The seem a bit thin to me.
Not bad actually, I used the factory padding and you’re right seems thin. Worked good though, no bruising and you can also add to it if you want, cool vest and pretty cheap. I won’t shoot 45-70 without one ever again. Merry Christmas to you!
I am trying to get a pad that will allow me to shoot a hundred rounds or so. The one I currently have will go 50 rounds but then starts to hurt. I hope to go with the big PAST pad and if I have to will put the small one on top but I doubt that it wll be needed.
I hope you had a Merry Christmas. Mine was extraordinary, I spent it on a trout stream fishing for broun trout. Trying to remember how to fly fish and how to tie knots. First time in over a decade I have taken the time to fly fish.
It was a great Christmas.
Good for you, one good thing about the vest is lots of pockets.
Sorry to take so long to reply, but I reran the ballistic analysis on a long distance calculator and the numbers are correct for a 535 grain postel bullet at 950 FPS. Apogee is 200 feet, 4 and 1.3 inches.
At that height, what is the elevation hold or dial in you are angling the barrel, and what is the distance of travel?
It just seems a slug would need a lot of distance to get that high, unless it was aimed like howitzer, which then would affect the linear distance of travel.
Nonsense. Muzzle loaders were built long before 9.8m/s^2 was the standard and only fell at about 32ft/s^2.
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