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Short trajectory vs Long trajectory?

dd27205dd27205 Member Posts: 23 ✭✭
edited October 2004 in Ask the Experts
What is the difference and how can a bullets trajectory be listed differently at the same distance in the two different charts?
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    Salvage33Salvage33 Member Posts: 1,182 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Barrel length, powder charge, and bullet weight differences? Also, bullet configuration, ie., flat base bullets vs. boat tail bullets. All of these can/do affect trajectory.

    John


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    Tailgunner1954Tailgunner1954 Member Posts: 7,734 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    DD Are you refering to charts that show the same bullet/velocity, but different holdovers/drops?
    If so, look at the zero ranges. Short range uses somthing like a 100yd zero, and long uses somthing like a 300yd zero (as I remember). If the MV, BC and Zero are all the same, than the trajectory will be the same.

    Whittemore
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