Ballistics

What first got me seriously pondering this question was a setup session recently, with a couple of similar rifle that had the same issue....

Ballistics ARC is a ballistic solver - you put in your firearm information, and it outputs the amount you need to dial your scope...

Shorter distances, bush hunting under 100 meters, maybe in a pinch out to 200, you can utilise systems like Maximum Point Blank Range, or...

I hear the comment quite regularly - 'I got in real close to the animal - but just couldn't seem to get the bullets to go where I was aiming - I was so close, I must have had to aim lower, right?' Well, no. If you aimed lower, there is a good chance you put a round under the animal - or worse still - into a leg. But why? Oh. Maths!

Proud dad moment this weekend. My little girl shot her first gun! It wasn’t actually the intention as such – as I was really happy for her to be a bit bigger before she actually got behind a rifle, but, everything aligned nicely.