Shooting 2 1/2 " high at 200 yards

if you draw a line of your trajectory it will be rising not falling. there must be bullet backspin, its the only way this can happen.
 
If its grouping good at 200 and 300 yds you don't have a problem. Only thing that would alter your trajectory that much is elevation of targets. If the 200 yard target is higher than the 100 yard, that might explain it. Parallax error could be the cause, but is more likely to cause horizontal POI shift. I wouldn't worry about backspin:)
 
porpoise said:
if you draw a line of your trajectory it will be rising not falling. there must be bullet backspin, its the only way this can happen.
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like in Australia where the toilet water spins the wrong way

The line of the bore rises above the horizontal, because we sight the rifle with the barrel pointing up a bit, but bullet's path drops away from the line of bore due to gravity. The bullet crosses the line of sight twice, once as it crosses the sight at aprox 25 yds depending on the height of the scope above the bore, and then rises above the line of sight, then drops below the line of sight again, the so called 'where she is sighted in at distance'. At no time does it rise above the line of the bore. If I'm wrong please tell me where.
 
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porpoise said:
if you draw a line of your trajectory it will be rising not falling. there must be bullet backspin, its the only way this can happen.
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Would it be backspin or topspin? I thought a curling rock was the only thing that curved with the spin? I'll confess to knowing nothing about baseball.

In either case, topspin or back-spin in conjunction with the axial rotation should shake loose any miss demons that were riding on the bullet. That has to be good.
 
Varmit said:
like in Australia where the toilet water spins the wrong way

The line of the bore rises above the horizontal, because we sight the rifle with the barrel pointing up a bit, but bullet's path drops away from the line of bore due to gravity. The bullet crosses the line of sight twice, once as it crosses the sight at aprox 25 yds depending on the height of the scope above the bore, and then rises above the line of sight, then drops below the line of sight again, the so called 'where she is sighted in at distance'. At no time does it rise above the line of the bore. If I'm wrong please tell me where.
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you are correct therefore your situation is impossible in a normal shooting situation hence my theory.zeroed at 100 your point of impact could not be 2.5 inches high at 200 unless the scope was 2.5 inches above the bore and you were shooting a lazer.
 
Did you seen any strange lights in the sky when you were shooting, I was watching the History Channel last night on Shag Harbor in 1967. So your loads might have been effected by the UFOs anti-gravity field. :stirthepot2: :evil:
 
Well, call me a simpleton, but, assuming your rest is good, you are not resting on the barrel, and that your rifle has no hidden issues, and your scope is 100% -

1) if I understand correctly, you sighted in with one bullet/load, then shot a different bullet/load and they don't hit in the same place... and you thought they would hit at exactly the same point? thats a NO-NO assuming they will hit in the same place, most loads will have a different point of impact - especially at varied distances, unless the load has exactly the same pressure, velocity, and BC - So, sight in for the bullet you are using. I have seen with my own eyes a diff of 8" at 100yds using two factory loads (both 140gr) in 7mmRM, and 6" off in a 325wsm with factory vs. reloads (both 200 gr bullet) - again, sight in using the bullet you plan to hunt/shoot with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2) physics here - with a normal set-up on a high velocity scoped rifle, to be bang on at 200 you will be around 1.5-2" high (+/- a bit depending on cartridge) at 100, period. One will always see high impacts at 100 to be dead on at 200 - that will not change, never will, nada nada. Its called gravity, it is a constant all over the globe

3) see point #1 again. Read it again.

4) If you believe the theories explained about the possible alien abduction of your bullet and making it backspin in transit, or the altered laser trajectory with a bullet rising as it goes farther out, I suggest you wear your tinfoil hat to the range next time


problem solved!
 
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Gravity being what it is, bullets don't magically start to gain altitude. The laws of physics don't allow it. Maybe you had the target on upside down? :)

You need to shoot again because unless you were using RPB (rocket propelled bullets) there's no way that really happened.
 
It would be nice if we could have anti-gravity bullets. All we would have to do then is sight in low the same distance the reticle is from the bore. Now, how do we come up with wind repelling bullets? Lol
 
Congrats on your hunt!

My brother runs his horses in some pretty crazy places, too. I'm a pack hunter on the feetmobiles which make for some tough moose hunts :)

Trapper's Den is one of my favourite places in town. They have a surprisingly solid hunting/camping section in the back, it's worth a look next time.
 
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