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re: Clip of 711 yard shot with a .260 from the target's point of view
Posted on 4/1/25 at 3:11 pm to Funky Tide 8
Posted on 4/1/25 at 3:11 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Does the trajectory really arch like that or is that just an optical illusion?
Anybody have a link to the thread of one of the greatest OB debates ever?
Pages long discussion of whether a bullet rises when it is first fired.
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Posted on 4/1/25 at 3:18 pm to i am dan
Sweet GX
Posted on 4/1/25 at 3:30 pm to Darth_Vader
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Also note the ping on the target happens before the sound of rifle firing reached the target.
The speed of sound at sea level is about 1125 feet per second.
In the YT video you can see the flash at 2.5 seconds and the faint gun shot sound at 4.5 seconds.
If the shooter was 711 yards away, that is 2133 feet away.
2133 ft/2 s = 1066.5 ft/s....pretty close for a speed of sound estimate especially if it was cold that day.
Flash at 2.5 seconds and target ping a little less than 3.5 seconds. Let's say, 0.8 seconds.
2133 ft/0.8 seconds = 2666.25 ft/s....pretty close for a .260 round.
I like when the math works out.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 4:02 pm to TigerDeacon
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Pages long discussion of whether a bullet rises when it is first fired.
I'm very sure in this case the shooter has to aim the barrel of the gun above the target being 2133 feet away. If the barrel of the gun is parallel with the ground and the shooter is only a foot off the ground the bullet will land about 600 feet in front of him (so the bullet does not rise in this case). The barrel (not sights) needs to be angled 2-3 degrees above the target so the bullet travels an elliptical shape to the target (that's the rise you see). The shooters dials in his aim through trial and error.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 4:19 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Crazy, I (stupidly apparently) assumed that the bullet is going so fast that it would just go in a straight line, but 711 yards is quite a stretch, so that makes sense.
Gravity always wins no matter how fast something is going unless it is under power.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 4:23 pm to Loup
quote:Only if the muzzle is aimed upward, which due to where the scope is to the muzzle it usually is. But a bullet will not rise unless the muzzle is up
It really arches like that.
I’m sure you know that but clarifying to OP why bullets “rise”
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 4/1/25 at 4:26 pm to Chad504boy
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i feel like i could dodge the bullets in real life.
It takes 0.07 seconds for what you see with your eyes to go to your brain, and then another tenth of a second for the signal to go from your brain to your body to move. That does not count processing time in between. You're dead.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 4:28 pm to i am dan
That was so gnarly.
I like the dudes ride in the background to.
I like the dudes ride in the background to.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 6:04 pm to lsupride87
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Only if the muzzle is aimed upward, which due to where the scope is to the muzzle it usually is. But a bullet will not rise unless the muzzle is up
True, it's a pet peeve of mine when somebody says a bullet is rising. I figured the dude i was answering understands trajectory and gravity.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 6:20 pm to TigerDeacon
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Anybody have a link to the thread of one of the greatest OB debates ever?
I had the best Microsoft paint drawing for that thread.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 6:58 pm to i am dan
Was hoping it was the S&W.260 round from a revolver. Now that would’ve been an epic shot
Posted on 4/1/25 at 7:08 pm to Funky Tide 8
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assumed that the bullet is going so fast that it would just go in a straight line, but 711 yards is quite a stretch
Gravity affects everything no matter how fast it is traveling.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 7:10 pm to Funky Tide 8
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Does the trajectory really arch like that or is that just an optical illusion?
It’s real, and the .260 actually shoots relatively flat.
I’d love to see this with a .308/7.62 NATO. Really puts those 1km+ kill shots into perspective.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:14 pm to Chad504boy
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is that real time speed, i feel like i could dodge the bullets in real life.
It would hit you before you knew it was shot.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:43 pm to IAmNERD
I promise I'm not an idiot, I just never really thought too much about bullets and gravity before today 
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:52 pm to Funky Tide 8
The bullet isn’t arching due to gravity. It is flat relative to the curvature of the earth. If it didn’t hit the target it would just keep circling the earth in low orbit until the ground or an object got in the way. Take that flat earthers.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 8:59 pm to Loup
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pet peeve of mine when somebody says a bullet is rising
Its a reasonable first pass at what's going on if you've never dedicated any thought to it.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 9:24 pm to Funky Tide 8
quote:Go watch 9 Hole on youtube, Henry takes a lot of different rifles to shoot out to 500yds, sometimes out to 1000 depending on the gun. He has a spotter looking through a scope, and they use a camera to show the spotter's point of view.quote:
do u even ballistic chart bro?
I don't. I know little about firearms and ammunition.
For some of the rifles, when you get out to around 400 yds and definitely beyond, you can see the bullet arcing out to the target. It's impressive as hell when he does 500+ with some of the older guns with iron sights.
Posted on 4/1/25 at 11:19 pm to i am dan
It’s just surprising that the bullet was sort of visible
Posted on 4/1/25 at 11:49 pm to i am dan
It's been a few years but I spent 15 years doing a lot of high powered varmint hunting at long distances and......I've never heard of a .260. wtf is a .260?
ETA: after doing some googling it's basically a little smaller than a 6.5 and is very common with silhouette shooters (sort explains why I've never heard of it)
ETA: after doing some googling it's basically a little smaller than a 6.5 and is very common with silhouette shooters (sort explains why I've never heard of it)
This post was edited on 4/1/25 at 11:55 pm
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