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Someone asked in the title of another thread, "how can I shoot straighter". My initial thought was raise your scope up. In case anyone has not seen this, here is a link to "Maximum point blank range". If you thumb through the four pages, you can get a good (basic) understanding of the affect of scope height and how to select the correct range to zero your rifle based on the size of your target. Click on the "OPBZ math" to do sample calculations.
http://www.arld1.com/images/swfs/trajectorypbr2.swf
This will (partly)explain why IHMSA standing silhouette shooters use scope mounts that look like this:
Hunting rifle scope mounts will not be quite so high but the higher mount "flattens" the trajectory.
White Feather
http://www.arld1.com/images/swfs/trajectorypbr2.swf
This will (partly)explain why IHMSA standing silhouette shooters use scope mounts that look like this:
Hunting rifle scope mounts will not be quite so high but the higher mount "flattens" the trajectory.
White Feather
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