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Sun, 2005-11-13 22:34

Craig

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Point of impact

Is there a table that gives a way to figure the effect on POI relative to shooting angle in the mountains?

Tue, 2005-11-15 16:55

300shortmag

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Point of impact

look up material by Craig Boddington he has lots of info on soubjects like this and has the experience to back it. Also might check with bestofthewest.com and eastmans.com

Thu, 2005-11-17 23:30

bitmasher

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Point of impact

A good mildot master will give this information. I believe some of the fancier ballistic software will also let you account for shot angle, although I've not used it myself.

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