Bullet trajectory at different distances

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HukeOKC

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I am wondering if there are charts that show the trajectory of a round when fired. In the Army, they teach you that the bullet will starts out even, "floats" higher, then drops back down. I think it was like the 150 or 200 meter target was back to being POA from the rifle. I am interested so that I can know what kind of elevation changes I need to make on my Rem. 700 30-06 at different distances. I will have it scoped in at 100 yards. So what about after that. Also, and this may be in my manual at home, but what is the maximum effective range on the 30-06.

I think a great deal to have would be a chart with all the different rifle calibers that showed trajectorys and max. effective range. I have searched the internet and on this forum but I can't find anything dealing with bullet trajectorys. BTW I searched by using the word trajectory in the subject for the Art of the Rifle forum.
 
The Sierra Reloading Handbook(s) has an excellent treatise on exterior ballistics. There are charts detailing the trajectories of various calibers, bullet weights/shapes and velocities, out to 600 yards.

I zero my .30-'06 at 200 yards. I mostly use 150-grain SPBT bullets. There is not a great deal of difference for the 165- and 180-grain trajectories. The lesser muzzle velocities is somewhat made-up for by the better ballistic coefficients.

2" high at 100; zero at 200; 6" low at 300 and about 21" to 24" low at 400. Figure four feet low at 500, for all practical purposes...

Hope this helps, Art
 
For a reasonably decent list of trajectories for many different calibers, check out the Remington web site at remington.com. It's under ammo, then ballistics, I think.

ultimatesniper.com has an interesting article on converting "book" data from trajectory tables by using the mathematical relationship of MOA to trajectory in order to get the data you need (for example, what does it look like if I want a 500 yd zero? What if I want it 3" high at 100 yds?
 
Great leads, thank you very much. The Remington site had the easy approach to what I was looking for and had it listed for each type of ammo. Thanks guys.
 
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