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January 5, 2020, 08:09 PM | #26 |
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What I think several of the folks posting are forgetting about the other factors involved when they shoot a handgun.
1. The sights and barrel are usually not parallel, so the bullet is not leaving the gun in a path parallel to the sights or the ground. 2. When you shoot a handgun recoil affects the barrel alignment with the ground. Heavier recoil equals sights that are further out of alignment with the barrel. 3. The bullet is traveling upward as it leaves the barrel. Therefore it crosses line of sight 2 times, once close to the gun and again far from the gun. Every gun, load, and shooter will have various results at different distances. 4. The math equation used to calculate the OP question is for a barrel anchored level with the ground, no recoil, no sights used.
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