The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - need help with how much drop to adjust for for 1,000 yards when zeroed in at 100

g.willikers · January 20, 2013, 01:45 PM

This sounds a lot like a conversation I once had with a neighbor who was a physics professor.
He said his department was once approached to figure out the trajectory for a long range ships cannon.
After much figuring and computer simulations, the only thing that actually came close enough for government work, was just firing the danged thing and see where it landed.

January 20, 2013, 01:45 PM	#6
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	This sounds a lot like a conversation I once had with a neighbor who was a physics professor. He said his department was once approached to figure out the trajectory for a long range ships cannon. After much figuring and computer simulations, the only thing that actually came close enough for government work, was just firing the danged thing and see where it landed. __________________ Walt Kelly, alias Pogo, sez: “Don't take life so serious, son, it ain't nohow permanent.”