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 Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:05 am |
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| dragonfly |
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As I said in my first thread here a couple of weeks ago, I have never shot any kind of long gun, so air rifles and shooting are both new to me.
I really enjoy the personal challenge of hitting my beer bottle cap targets  , but the primary reason I took up this hobby is to control starlings and sparrows from my bird housing. The primary area I will be shooting at pests is 75-80 ft from my shooting spot, and it's about 8 feet higher than I will be sitting. I'm just wondering what effects angle elevations have on aiming for accuracy. Do I need to aim higher than my actual target spot, and if so, how do I calculate it? |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 11:42 am |
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| rsterne |
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8 feet in 80 is such a small angle that the difference in POI is negligible....
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 2:18 pm |
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| domer_pyle |
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| Shooting up or down an angle will require you to aim lower than normal, but the angle you're shooting won't matter |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 4:52 pm |
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| fritz |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:44 pm |
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| dragonfly |
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Thanks guys!  I've been worrying about nothing. |
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| Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:15 pm |
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| domer_pyle |
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| Do yourself a favor and download Chargun Pro, all the questions you have about projectile drop, velocity change, and even shooting at angles can easily be answered in a couple seconds |
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| Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:16 pm |
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| dragonfly |
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| domer_pyle wrote: |
| Do yourself a favor and download Chargun Pro, all the questions you have about projectile drop, velocity change, and even shooting at angles can easily be answered in a couple seconds |
Thanks- I'll do that. |
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