It's taken a lot to get there, theory, practical, training and all; so much comes into play at these ranges and beyond. I never say how far out I can shoot (and hit a target) but it's way past 1,600m. It's very rewarding.
That bullet trace is good stuff huh? It really shows the trajectory of a bullet, how it arcs into the target; pretty interesting and a really cool thing to understand (and be able to see) to help with misses when they occur.
The arcing thing. I always had it in my minds eye that it was quite a gradual drop off but seeing it on youtube I saw quite a lot of arc and drop down and it was impressive! Really demonstrates (as if it was needed) the skill required to hit shit that far out!
Yeah, that's what often amazes people; they tend to think bullets fly in straight lines and they literally do not. Gravity is powerful so elevation is required, then the windage comes into play, wind speed and direction. Many other things like temperature, humidity and altitude, turning of the earth, angle to target and others. It's overcoming all that stuff and the rest of the process that I enjoy the most.
Aye there is a fair old bit of head math required. You are a craftsman! There was me thinking that when I fired a shotgun and had to account for the wind and speed of the target I was being a head math genius! lol
Haha, well shotguns are a whole different thing and, (don't tell anyone), I'm pretty fucken average with a shotgun, on flying things at least. I keep stopping the tracking movement and shooting behind the bird, or not leading enough. Oh well, I'll stick to hand guns and rifles...but really should blast the cobwebs out of my shotguns one of these days.
It is a fair old bit of fun, the old shotgunning. I am fairly sure your bad shotgunning would still be fucking spot on! You have a couple? I always wanted my own but I think at the same time I was doing it I got into a band an the next thing I knew I was spending my money on guitar shit :OD
Yeah, I'd not recommend standing in front of me if I was shooting a shotgun, I'm not terrible at it, just terribly average.
It's fun for sure, I do a thing called sporting clays sometimes. They buzz clays all over the place, multiple clays and directions, kind of fun. I have a couple yeah, a cheap scrub gun (for pig shooting) by Fausti which is beaten up worse than Rhonda Rousey and a pretty sweet (not cheap) Beretta, both 12ga under and over's.
That's what I did!! I loved clay pigeon shooting.
I used to like the ones where they would fire doubles going in different directions. There was a place just outside Glasgow too that on one of the rounds had them heading straight for you and flying over head. I used to wait and wallop them above to have the shards raining down. It always annoyed the old boys 🤣
Yep, a great way to spend a few hours and blast away a lot of shells. Clay shards on the head, glorious, nothing quite like it! 🫣