Popular misconceptions about hunting rifles.

[Suther]

Please refrain from "informing" your fellow shooters. Light travels in straight lines. The scope's axis is in direct correlation to the angle of the muzzle to the target. The angle of departure for the projectile must compensate for the effect of gravity on said projectile and is thus elevated. To put it simply, the scope (or sight) points at the target, the barrel points at a place that will allow the bullet to hit the target at a pre-determined range. The bullet rises because the barrel is pointed up (usually a little, at extreme range, a lot).

In what real-world scenario would one start with a "level " gun barrel?

Yes. Better tell a highly regarded gunsmith he doesn't know what he's talking about... Lol

 

[Jim870]

Hunting privileges will not be watered down and eventually completely stripped away from Canadian citizens, just as they are being done to firearms right now.

To add to this one that hunters don't have anything to worry about because they only want to take the dangerous semi-automatics and handguns.

 

[elker]

The biggest one is that one looks at the price (low and lower price) to decide his/her purchase. I am guilty of that too.

 

[horseman2]

After he missed the target at 100 yards but the second shot was 1" high, I was promptly informed the 300 Winchester Magnum is the flattest shooting rifle ever made . . . it is 1" high at 100, 1" high at 200 and dead on at 300.

I was also informed not to use Barnes bullets, they don't expand . . . just pencil right through. Would that be consistent with "MISS"?

"Never believe anything you read on the internet" . . . Abraham Lincoln.

 

[pete dobinson]

Here's one to make a novice's head hurt. Two rifles, a .25/20 and a .257 Weatherby are held level a foot above the ground, and both are fired at the same instant. The bullets from both rifles hit the ground at exactly the same time, since gravity exerts it's force equally on everything.

You can fire a bullet and drop a bullet from the same height and both bullets will hit the ground at the same time.

 

[Pembykid]

That you need a 300wsm

 

[contaucreek]

"Them big bore bullets are real brush busters"

 

[Ganderite]

A 30-06 is fired horizontal just as a BR-71 Blackbird flies overhead at the same speed as the bullet.

The bullet and the Blackbird will both hit the ground at the same time .... unless the Blackbird re-fuels.

A slight exaggeration, but not much.

 

[cody j]

Or when shooting off the bed of a Land Rover... ya definitely gotta remember that muzzle is below the line of sight

I have seen 3 different vehicles with holes in them because of this. The one had 2 holes side by side.

 

[hoytcanon]

Please refrain from "informing" your fellow shooters. Light travels in straight lines. The scope's axis is in direct correlation to the angle of the muzzle to the target. The angle of departure for the projectile must compensate for the effect of gravity on said projectile and is thus elevated. To put it simply, the scope (or sight) points at the target, the barrel points at a place that will allow the bullet to hit the target at a pre-determined range. The bullet rises because the barrel is pointed up (usually a little, at extreme range, a lot).

In what real-world scenario would one start with a "level " gun barrel?

Wow...

 

[flashman2]

I have seen 3 different vehicles with holes in them because of this. The one had 2 holes side by side.

Side by side? They didn't even manage a single hole grouping at that range?

 

[flashman2]

"Them big bore bullets are real brush busters"

Well, it's true, really... they sure will tear up branches if you fire them into the thickets. Now hitting your actual target on the other side, that's another question

 

[jjohnwm]

Side by side? They didn't even manage a single hole grouping at that range?

Well...the vehicle was probably moving at the time, so...

 

[madashell]

the bullet climbs first as it exits the barrel before it starts to drop.

Not necessarily limited to a hunting rifle misconception.

 

[jjohnwm]

the bullet climbs first as it exits the barrel before it starts to drop.

I'll go out on a limb and guess that you haven't read this whole thread.

 

[madashell]

good guess !

I'll go out on a limb and guess that you haven't read this whole thread.

 

[blasted_saber]

I was told as a young lad that a 270 win is too fast and won't expand on a deer and that a 3030 is going so slow that you can see the bullet in flight.
I am shocked at the things some people can invent sometimes.

Standing behind a shooter with a 44mag, Ive actually seen the bullet through a spotting scope.

 

[jjohnwm]

Standing behind a shooter with a 44mag, Ive actually seen the bullet through a spotting scope.

Much cooler with a .45-70, especially at 200+ yards. Looking through the scope it looks like someone threw a brick downrange; the looping trajectory is almost comical.

.22rimfires are often visible, sometimes even with the naked eye.

 

[Slimbo]

Pretty easy to see jacketed pistol bullets in flight when the sun is behind you.

 

[flashman2]

Standing behind a shooter with a 44mag, Ive actually seen the bullet through a spotting scope.

So help me jebus, I swear *I* can see .44 mags I've fired from a rifle. Definitely seeing pistol bullets and .45-70 isn't unusual at all.