Ready to take your perfect long range shot? Let's take the first step together: zeroing the rifle scope. This step is essential, and must be carried out with extreme accuracy, since the results of your shooting will depend on your zero and the data you collect during the zeroing process. Zeroing the rifle scope is the process of adjusting your sights to be able to hit … [Read more...]
We've covered a lot of material on long range shooting thus far, and now we're ready to start implementing some of what we've learned, starting with ballistic tables. But first, what is a ballistic table, and how do you read one? Let's dive in. A ballistic table (also called ballistic chart, ballistic card, or data card), is a table containing a set of data regarding the … [Read more...]
If you are into rifle shooting, you may have already heard of the terms "MOA" and "mil". As this long range shooting series progresses, we'll see these two terms more and more often, so let's take some time to talk about what they mean. MOA and mil are two angular units of measurement, used to quantify sights adjustments, to measure the accuracy of a weapon system, and to … [Read more...]
Wondering about what generates the spin drift? Curious to know more about the yaw of repose? In this article we will examine the reason behind this behaviors of the bullet in flight. In Bullet Trajectory part 2, we found that spin drift is a deflection generated by the gyroscopic motion of the bullet. The direction of the deflection is toward the direction of the spin, and … [Read more...]
If you want to be a proficient in long range shooting, understanding the concept of dynamic stability is very important if you want to place accurate shots at the farthest distance possible, especially if you are shooting close to the maximum effective distance of your rifle. In this article, we'll see how dynamic stabilization affects bullet flight and accuracy, and how to … [Read more...]
Lately, we've been talking about long range shooting, but what better place to start then with some ballistics theory. In the last post in this series, bullet trajectory part 1, I talked about the variables that determine the vertical component of bullet trajectory. In this article we will examine what happens on the horizontal plane. On the horizontal plane, the bullet does … [Read more...]
