Thread: Bipod, uphill shooting issue.

Originally Posted by Mintie

This is only if you are using google earth etc. to judge range. If you are using a LRF then the distance it spits out is precisely the distance between the LRF and where the IR splash hits regardless of angle.

The change when shooting at major angles up or down is that the ballistic curve acts very differently due to the change of the angle the gravitational pull has on the projectile. Over very shot ranges like the OP is posting about this should be pretty minimal and might only shift the POI by an inch, not causing total misses.

Yep true, depends how the range has been ascertained. Gist is you gotta use the corrected distance, regardless of how you get to that number. Close range its not going to make too much difference, but the further you get out the more it matters. I cant see where the OP has mentioned a distance.
My rifle has an ACI on it (angle cosign indicator) so you can get a corrected distance without a fancy range finder. You can range it with mildot or whatever then times the number by the angle cosign and get a corrected distance without LRF