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Certain calibers such as the 300 Winchester Magnum are often called flat shooting.



What does that mean and why would a hunter care that the caliber is flat shooting when selecting a rifle to go hunting with?






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What does that mean and why would a hunter care that the caliber is flat shooting when selecting a rifle to go hunting with?






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Certain calibers such as the 300 Winchester Magnum are often called flat shooting.



What does that mean and why would a hunter care that the caliber is flat shooting when selecting a rifle to go hunting with?






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Certain calibers such as the 300 Winchester Magnum are often called flat shooting.



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Bullets follow a parabolic arc as seen below,



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As you can see the yellow line is a bullet fired from a longer barrel which results in a higher velocity and thus less drop over distance. In this case the yellow line is a flatter shooting rifle.



Cartridges that are regarded as flatter shooting have one or both of two things going for them, they are traveling at a much higher velocity to start with and or have a better ballistic coefficient resulting in less drag.



See for example 6.5 Creedmore vs. 308 Winchester.





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The reason that this matters is that with a flatter shooting cartridge you don't have to get the range to the animal as accurately because the bullet is dropping less. This leads to the concept of point-blank-range as fully explained here






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    The ~3 inch long flip up sight on a bolt-action Springfield goes to 3000 yards. Iron sighting at that distance is all but impossible, and for most people even with a scope. So you engage at under 1000, ideally less than 600, where you can basically ignore bullet drop.






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    The reason for the 3 K sight on the 03 Springfield was for volley fire. Basically say a platoon of soldiers firing at a group of enemy soldiers. They could be quite deadley
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      Bullets follow a parabolic arc as seen below,



      enter image description here



      Image Source



      As you can see the yellow line is a bullet fired from a longer barrel which results in a higher velocity and thus less drop over distance. In this case the yellow line is a flatter shooting rifle.



      Cartridges that are regarded as flatter shooting have one or both of two things going for them, they are traveling at a much higher velocity to start with and or have a better ballistic coefficient resulting in less drag.



      See for example 6.5 Creedmore vs. 308 Winchester.





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      The reason that this matters is that with a flatter shooting cartridge you don't have to get the range to the animal as accurately because the bullet is dropping less. This leads to the concept of point-blank-range as fully explained here






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        Bullets follow a parabolic arc as seen below,



        enter image description here



        Image Source



        As you can see the yellow line is a bullet fired from a longer barrel which results in a higher velocity and thus less drop over distance. In this case the yellow line is a flatter shooting rifle.



        Cartridges that are regarded as flatter shooting have one or both of two things going for them, they are traveling at a much higher velocity to start with and or have a better ballistic coefficient resulting in less drag.



        See for example 6.5 Creedmore vs. 308 Winchester.





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        The reason that this matters is that with a flatter shooting cartridge you don't have to get the range to the animal as accurately because the bullet is dropping less. This leads to the concept of point-blank-range as fully explained here






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          Bullets follow a parabolic arc as seen below,



          enter image description here



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          As you can see the yellow line is a bullet fired from a longer barrel which results in a higher velocity and thus less drop over distance. In this case the yellow line is a flatter shooting rifle.



          Cartridges that are regarded as flatter shooting have one or both of two things going for them, they are traveling at a much higher velocity to start with and or have a better ballistic coefficient resulting in less drag.



          See for example 6.5 Creedmore vs. 308 Winchester.





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          The reason that this matters is that with a flatter shooting cartridge you don't have to get the range to the animal as accurately because the bullet is dropping less. This leads to the concept of point-blank-range as fully explained here






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          Bullets follow a parabolic arc as seen below,



          enter image description here



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          As you can see the yellow line is a bullet fired from a longer barrel which results in a higher velocity and thus less drop over distance. In this case the yellow line is a flatter shooting rifle.



          Cartridges that are regarded as flatter shooting have one or both of two things going for them, they are traveling at a much higher velocity to start with and or have a better ballistic coefficient resulting in less drag.



          See for example 6.5 Creedmore vs. 308 Winchester.





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          The reason that this matters is that with a flatter shooting cartridge you don't have to get the range to the animal as accurately because the bullet is dropping less. This leads to the concept of point-blank-range as fully explained here







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              The ~3 inch long flip up sight on a bolt-action Springfield goes to 3000 yards. Iron sighting at that distance is all but impossible, and for most people even with a scope. So you engage at under 1000, ideally less than 600, where you can basically ignore bullet drop.






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              The ~3 inch long flip up sight on a bolt-action Springfield goes to 3000 yards. Iron sighting at that distance is all but impossible, and for most people even with a scope. So you engage at under 1000, ideally less than 600, where you can basically ignore bullet drop.






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              The ~3 inch long flip up sight on a bolt-action Springfield goes to 3000 yards. Iron sighting at that distance is all but impossible, and for most people even with a scope. So you engage at under 1000, ideally less than 600, where you can basically ignore bullet drop.






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              The ~3 inch long flip up sight on a bolt-action Springfield goes to 3000 yards. Iron sighting at that distance is all but impossible, and for most people even with a scope. So you engage at under 1000, ideally less than 600, where you can basically ignore bullet drop.







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