1st shot POI difference in warm versus cold barrel - Page 2

Erno86 · November 23, 2018, 09:35 AM

Cold air makes it more dense than warm air, thus making the bullet more difficult to travel through the cold air.

stagpanther · November 23, 2018, 09:58 AM

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Cold air makes it more dense than warm air, thus making the bullet more difficult to travel through the cold air.

Yup--as does dry air too--the more humid the less dense.

November 23, 2018, 09:35 AM	#26
Erno86 Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2012 Location: Marriottsville, Maryland Posts: 1,739	Cold air makes it more dense than warm air, thus making the bullet more difficult to travel through the cold air. __________________ That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." --- George Orwell