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Offline Xomex

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MINUS TRAJECTORY????
« on: November 17, 2004, 02:09:30 AM »
On the back cover of the Dec 2004 issue of GUNS & AMMO an ad for
Hornady Lock-N-Load Speed Sabots shows a couple of velocity, energy
and trajectory tables. Can someone explain to me how you can have
a muzzle trajectory of MINUS 1.5 inches?
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Offline Ray Newman

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« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2004, 08:31:01 AM »
Could be the result of comapring the trajectoy of a sabot shot from a Black Powder susbstitute (Ppyrodex, or Pyrodex pellets, 777, etc.) to tarditional Black Powder .

For the 'real' answer, you might try Hornady....
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2004, 12:32:00 PM »
sounds like the sights are 1.5 in above the centerline of the barrel
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2004, 10:30:31 AM »
What powderburner said.

Close to the muzzle, the bullet will be below the line of sight.  It will rise to intersect the line of sight (usually around 25 yds or so), then travel above it, and then drop below it again.  

If you ever hunted squirrels with a rifle, sometimes you will get real close shots (like 5 yds or so), and you learn that you have to aim ABOVE them!
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