[Senator_Blutarski]

TOL, I've heard other people say the same thing. However, physics suggests that is impossible unless areodynamics are involved. Bullets start to drop when they leave the barrel and continue to drop throughout their trajectory.

If a gun is sighted in at 100 yards and you aim at a target closer than 100 yards the bullet will hit high. Beyond 100 yards it will hit low. That's just the practical implication of living in a universe with gravity.

A .223 has a muzzle velocity around 3300 fps. That provides a very flat trajectory. It shoots "like a frozen rope" out to 150 to 200 yards. That why gopher hunters love it.

[eastforker]

The bullet doesn't actualy drop.Most scopes are mounted a couple inches higher than the muzzle,so a scope,zeroed in at a hundred would be an inch low at 50.

[thatdewd]

Bullets start to drop when they leave the barrel and continue to drop throughout their trajectory.

The gun guys are gonna get you on this one. I don't know of a single (decent) high-powered round that doesn't rise before it starts to drop. The bullet is traveling that fast through AIR, so yes, aerodynamics are involved.