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Johnny Peppers · 11-06-2001, 12:02 AM

Viggo,

You would be exactly right and I in no way indicated that the pistol would be exactly on at every range out to 100 yards, but for practical accuracy the 3/4" at 25 yards would hardly be noticed. Then the figure becomes 1/2" at 50 yards and only 1/4" at 75 yards. Are not all of these withing the practical accuracy of the weapon?

Again you are right that the weapon cannot be zeroed at more than one range if you want it to hit dead on at a given range, but this also holds true if the scope is mounted directly above the bore. At one point the bullet crosses above the point of aim and then again it drops below the point of aim. This is much more critical than the small amount of error created by the scope being mounted to the side of the barrel. And then again, the rotational drift of the bullet becomes more of an error than the error created by the offset of the scope.

If the pistol was capable of putting all the bullets into one hole at any given range, it could be sighted in to have the bullet strike to the exact 3/4" offset of the scope and the bullet would never cross the line of the bore. The group would only be off by 3/4" at any given range if we again forget about rotational drift.

11-06-2001, 12:02 AM	#14
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: I disagreeJohnny, Viggo, You would be exactly right and I in no way indicated that the pistol would be exactly on at every range out to 100 yards, but for practical accuracy the 3/4" at 25 yards would hardly be noticed. Then the figure becomes 1/2" at 50 yards and only 1/4" at 75 yards. Are not all of these withing the practical accuracy of the weapon? Again you are right that the weapon cannot be zeroed at more than one range if you want it to hit dead on at a given range, but this also holds true if the scope is mounted directly above the bore. At one point the bullet crosses above the point of aim and then again it drops below the point of aim. This is much more critical than the small amount of error created by the scope being mounted to the side of the barrel. And then again, the rotational drift of the bullet becomes more of an error than the error created by the offset of the scope. If the pistol was capable of putting all the bullets into one hole at any given range, it could be sighted in to have the bullet strike to the exact 3/4" offset of the scope and the bullet would never cross the line of the bore. The group would only be off by 3/4" at any given range if we again forget about rotational drift.