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Bart B. · March 20, 2013, 07:40 AM

B.L.E., all the software I've run shows the bullet spends about 45% of its flight time rising to maximum height (near 3/5ths of target range, not half way) and about 55% falling to the target.

And max height above line of sight's about 1/3 of bullet drop below bore axis at target range.

Time of flight for a bullet dropping 24 feet (288 inches) below a horizontal bore axis at 1000 yards is about 1.344 seconds in standard atmospheric conditions.

Do you think all that software's not accurate?

March 20, 2013, 07:40 AM	#16
Bart B. Senior Member Join Date: February 15, 2009 Posts: 8,927	B.L.E., all the software I've run shows the bullet spends about 45% of its flight time rising to maximum height (near 3/5ths of target range, not half way) and about 55% falling to the target. And max height above line of sight's about 1/3 of bullet drop below bore axis at target range. Time of flight for a bullet dropping 24 feet (288 inches) below a horizontal bore axis at 1000 yards is about 1.344 seconds in standard atmospheric conditions. Do you think all that software's not accurate? Last edited by Bart B.; March 20, 2013 at 07:55 AM.