24" and less, a place to discuss all things handgun related, section 7.3. Long barrelled revolvers, long barrelled pistols and section 5. Overseas contributions are more than welcome.
Meaty wrote:I would have expected a bit more elevation than that @1000 yards (1:02) especially with a 9mm.
Me too... he mentions 150ft drop and aiming in the sky, but the barrel is almost level.
Mark
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150 feet or 50 yrds over 1000yds works out to be 2.86 degrees over the horizontal - as a simple trig calculation.
As an aside seeing the video makes me wonder if I should give it a bash with my Destroyer carbine (9mm Largo),one day? After all, Cawdor is only a 600m range and the carbine sights are graduated to 700m!
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Hornady 147gn XTP develops about 1,000FPS from a 4" barrel and has a BC of .212, which means it drops 2,734 inches at 1,000 yards. That would require an elevation of about 273 minutes or 4.55 degrees.
Charlie Muggins wrote:Hornady 147gn XTP develops about 1,000FPS from a 4" barrel and has a BC of .212, which means it drops 2,734 inches at 1,000 yards. That would require an elevation of about 273 minutes or 4.55 degrees.
2 734 inches = 76 yds (approx) which gives 4.35 degrees as a simple trig calculation, which is close enough.
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Les wrote:Not taking anything away from his marksmanship, but I don't think that he actually hit the balloon. I think it was hit by a piece of casing or lead fragment after the bullet hit the backstop, because the POI isn't anywhere near where the balloon was.
Just sayin'!
Yes, must have been a fragment of something that burst the balloon - And he must have tried a few times before filming the two shots shown to get his POA...
...still an impressive shot to get on film tongueout
Sim G wrote:Is that not what Jerry said, 80 yards elevation....?
Wasn't paying that much attention - my first calculation was based on a comment made on page 1...
In any case, I doubt I could identify less than 5 degrees of elevation just from the video or even if I was there for that matter.
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