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Post by poule'deau on Sun Dec 04, 2011 9:55 pm

Here's the proposition:

A 22 rimfire bullet of 40 grains (BC.157) exits the muzzle at 1050 f/s from a rifle held 60" above grade.

At what height does a target need to be set so that the bullet striking it at 100 yards impacks the bottom of a berm 200 yards from the muzzle?

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Re: Target height

Post by captain-03 on Sun Dec 04, 2011 10:33 pm

Next time we are at the range, remind me of this ... we can do some measurements of our 22 F-Class target frames and calculate from there. We built them after some impact testing; however, we were shooting prone and not from the bench ....

The real problem at Magnolia in using basic ballistic data is that the firing line is elevated so that must be taken into consideration ....

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Re: Target height

Post by shoeshooter on Sun Dec 04, 2011 11:12 pm

captain-03 wrote:
The real problem at Magnolia in using basic ballistic data is that the firing line is elevated so that must be taken into consideration ....


Just estimating, but I'd say prone at Magnolia would be about 48" - 60" elevation. A target 5' - 6' high should be in the ballpark.

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Re: Target height

Post by poule'deau on Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:38 am

captain-03 wrote: The real problem at Magnolia in using basic ballistic data is that the firing line is elevated so that must be taken into consideration ....


I took this into consideration when estimating 60" as aiming height above grade (includes a 30" high bench plateform, another 6" for rifle rest and 24" as the dropoff). I could be off a skosh or three.




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Re: Target height

Post by SubGunFan on Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:42 am

Center of target needs to be 5.5' minimum.

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Re: Target height

Post by Doug Bowser on Mon Dec 05, 2011 7:14 am

A .22 RF rifle sighted in at 100 yards has to be elevated 18" more at 100 yards to strike center at 200 yards. It will be 36" low at 200 when sighted in at 100,

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