webley raider 2 Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 if i am shoting up at a tree from about 29 yds do i have to aim up about 2 dots up i am using a webley raider 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham M Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 You will have to aim low. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webley raider 2 Posted October 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 o how come you have to aim low wont the pellet drop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southernlad Posted October 27, 2008 Report Share Posted October 27, 2008 The pellet will hit high because of the acute angle. A pellet drops faster the closer you get to a right angle. So if you zero at a right angle to the ground as most people do, and then fire high into a tree your pellet will drop less than it would at a target on the ground. So aim low... try practicing with a paper target up high if you can so you can work out where your pellet will strike more easily when you're euthanasing the tree rats. cheers SL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webley raider 2 Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 thanks a lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 (edited) It has nothing to do with that at all, It is to do with the angle that you fire from. If you shoot downhill you aim high. If you draw a square on a piece of paper and then draw a line horizontally through the centre of the square. this represents a shot taken on the ground. If you draw a line now from the centre of the square downwards at an angle it will exit the square lower down the side than the first line. Which is why you aim low. If you take the square as say a pigeons body a horizontal shot aimed at the centre will hit the centre of the body. If the same pigeon was sitting up a tree and you aimed at the centre of the body the pellet would enter in the centre but probably miss any vital organ and lead to an injured animal. A Pigeon is probably not the best example and applies more to foxes and deer but hopefully you will get my drift. Edited October 28, 2008 by MC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy111 Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 It has nothing to do with that at all, It is to do with the angle that you fire from. If you shoot downhill you aim high. If you draw a square on a piece of paper and then draw a line horizontally through the centre of the square. this represents a shot taken on the ground. If you draw a line now from the centre of the square downwards at an angle it will exit the square lower down the side than the first line. Which is why you aim low. If you take the square as say a pigeons body a horizontal shot aimed at the centre will hit the centre of the body. If the same pigeon was sitting up a tree and you aimed at the centre of the body the pellet would enter in the centre but probably miss any vital organ and lead to an injured animal. A Pigeon is probably not the best example and applies more to foxes and deer but hopefully you will get my drift. Load of twaddle, you aim low on both uphill and downhill, shooting with a rifle. Don't believe me? google "shooting downhill" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham M Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Load of twaddle, you aim low on both uphill and downhill, shooting with a rifle. Don't believe me? google "shooting downhill" Correct. It’s all to do with the trajectory of the pellet and the line of sight through the scope. When you aim at something parallel to the ground the pellet rises and falls to the point that you have zeroed the scope to. If you then aimed the rifle at a right angle (straight up) the pellet would exit the barrel assuming the same flight path , but would not fly along the same trajectory as it would previously because gravity is no longer pulling it down in an arc. (If anything it would fall away from the barrel back over the scope) So if you shoot at something at 45° then you are midway between the two extremes and you have to shoot low in order to put the shot on target. G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webley raider 2 Posted October 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 thank you all for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 thank you all for your help hahhaha, make of it what you will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chard Posted October 28, 2008 Report Share Posted October 28, 2008 Now, have you got that, Webley Raider 2? Call in an airstrike, that should sort it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonno243 Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 Now, have you got that, Webley Raider 2? Call in an airstrike, that should sort it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 There's also the obvious factor of what range the scope is zeroed at in the first place. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libs Posted November 1, 2008 Report Share Posted November 1, 2008 here's also the obvious factor of what range the scope is zeroed at in the first place. BINGO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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