Putting this in the bolt section, I guess because most that shoot long-range use bolt guns and there's not a dedicated section for this stuff...
It's been discussed here before, but I came across this Gunworks vid that put it into a different perspective for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7dcl_ERNs
I can finally wrap my head around the difference it makes- AS EXPLAINED IN THE VIDEO- in East vs. West shooting- and much less of a difference in North vs. South- I think. Due to the curvature of the earth, the target rotates either up (shooting West, resulting in low impact) or down (shooting East, resulting in high impact).
But I'm still confused about this language about "leaving the surface of the earth". Objects in flight co-rotate with the earth, otherwise we could throw a baseball into the sky and it would come down miles away.
I can't get my mind wrapped around the distinction. Can one of you engineers put this into plain english?
It's been discussed here before, but I came across this Gunworks vid that put it into a different perspective for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7dcl_ERNs
I can finally wrap my head around the difference it makes- AS EXPLAINED IN THE VIDEO- in East vs. West shooting- and much less of a difference in North vs. South- I think. Due to the curvature of the earth, the target rotates either up (shooting West, resulting in low impact) or down (shooting East, resulting in high impact).
But I'm still confused about this language about "leaving the surface of the earth". Objects in flight co-rotate with the earth, otherwise we could throw a baseball into the sky and it would come down miles away.
I can't get my mind wrapped around the distinction. Can one of you engineers put this into plain english?