Re: Marksmanship 101

Gerald "Brick" Brickwood wrote:

# So what you really need is a simple method to estimate the angle so you can
# reduce the slope distance to a horizontal distance to get the correct range
# to the target, once you have the correct horizontal range, you can apply the
# appropriate sight correction or hold over as needed. Sorry to say but, I
# can't think of any "easy" way to do it! I know you don't want to tape a
# protractor to your rifle barrel and tie a plumb bob to it to measure the
# angle so maybe we can figure a way to use the length of the rifle as a
# constant and just estimate by measuring or estimating the distance the
# muzzle is elevated or depressed from the horizontal.

If you really want to know, I think a cheap angle measure from Harbor
freight would be one way to go. About the same size as your rangefinder,
just attach the protractor to the rangefinder, and the correction table
the the protractor. Nowadays you might be able to find a small and cheap
electronic protractor to do the job, I see them about 2" square for
under$30. I wonder if anyone markets one with a correction calculator
built in?

Doug T


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