(Note: I have not watch this video yet. )
One of the "L.E. tactical precision rifle" schools I went to (the term "sniper" school is so over used) had two Marine Corp active duty and currently assigned true snipers teaching the class. They gave some pretty good advice. They said if you can determine the actual distance from the muzzle to the point of impact, divide by 7/10th's and adjust the scope for that distance. It will be REAL close. Over the years I have tried that formula and it seems to work.
I'll watch the video later, I'm up against the clock.
Damn, when I first saw the title I thought it said "Shooting at
eagles." I was getting ready to go into mega-rant mode.
The video is apparently being blocked by the firewall of whoever's wireless network I'm on (who sets up a firewall but doesn't secure their wireless???). I'll have to watch later. I actually kinda like "math and stuff" when it comes to interesting things like shooting. Call me crazy
Bill: I'm guessing the multiply by .7 rule of thumb is because the root mean square of a sine wave (which is amplitude related to angle) is ~.707. In other words, the 'average' adjustment due to shooting at all angles will be ~.707, which is pretty darn close to 7/10. Another way to think about it is that it's the cosine of 45°, which is the 'middle of the road' angle.
Now, I don't know if that's actually correct, but it's what just popped into my head
I'm too doped up on painkillers right now to think it through. It's also been awhile since I took physics or trigonometry.
I hope this video has a good method of judging angles. If there's not much plant cover I usually do pretty well just looking at the slope itself and eyeballing it, but if I have to judge from the target itself, I almost always overestimate badly
