I dont get it if I am sitting in a ground blind and my range finder says my target is 27 yards then that is what it . If I am sitting in a tree stand 30 feet in the air and I range my target with a normal laser range finder and it says 27 yards then its 27 yards! How do people fall for the arc technology range finders ? Or am I not getting something?
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you're not getting something... because you are shooting uphill or downhill, gravity's
effect on the bullet or arrow shaft is slightly different... draw a 90 degree triangle by
drawing a capital L on a sheet of paper.... if you are at the top of the L , and your
target is at the bottom of the L, and you draw a straight line from you to the deer and
measure that distance... it is greater than the distance from the bottom of the L to the
target... but gravity's effect is equivalent to the shorter distance, not the longer distance
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it is hard to expalin but true ballistic range is not bull crap, it really makes a difference. if you are 30ft in a tree and a normal range finder says 27 yards and you shoot it for 27 yards, you are going to miss my friend.. it makes more of a diffrence at more extreme angles.Comment
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As far as I know it has to do a little bit more with horizontal distance than with gravity stuff, but I could be wrong.Comment
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not exactly.... the effect of angles on shooting, has been simplified byOriginally posted by Br'er_Henry View Post
using a shorter "straight" line distance, as opposed to the "true" distance
from the shooter to his target... you'd have to understand or calculate
gravity 9.8 meters/second (squared) and it's effect on an object fired
at a 90 degree or horizontal target line, and it's effect on an object
fired at say an object +/- 45 degrees from horizontal... but the
straight line is easier to picture or understand..Comment
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Posted by atombomb
I have one, and for most of my bowhunting, the arc distance is within a yard of
the straight line distance out to about 30-35 yards... probably works better
on longer rifle shots up or down hill...
So like I thought it dosnt make a differance out of a tree at 20 -30 yard shot with a 450 grain Easton FMJ shot form a Mathews Z7 at 289 feet per sec.
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As long as you're not 30ft up that tree, I wouldn't sweat it.. my standsOriginally posted by ace44 View Post
So like I thought it dosnt make a differance out of a tree at 20 -30 yard shot with a 450 grain Easton FMJ shot form a Mathews Z7 at 289 feet per sec.
are all around 15ft or less... so unless the animal is right underneath
me... I use my 20yd pin from 15-30 yards... and I'm shooting 450 fmj
also, at 282Comment
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It's mostly a reason to charge more and to get you to buy one product over another. It's not that I think the arc technology is a gimmick, but, really, how did we ever kill a deer from a tree stand without it?
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