AKElroy
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Handgun--below; rifle--above.
The barrel is rising before the bullet exits. Not guesswork, simple fact.
For a rifle that is usually correct, especially for scoped rifles, assuming it's sighted in at a reasonable yardage, but we are talking pistols at relatively close range.
How would you dissociate your statement with that of the pictures posted above showing the bore line obviously pointing at a downward angle compared to the alignment of the sights on a flat surface
Actually we're not...because that wasn't the original question.berettaprofessor said:Good point 9mmepiphany, I can't explain it.
Are all you guys/gals really arguing that if you put a handgun in a vise and fire it with the sights exactly on target that it won't hit below the target?
1858 said:When held the right way up and if the sights are aligned with the target ... (Are)
The barrels and the top of the sights are PARALLEL (barrels are pointing at the point of aim)
The barrels are pointing ABOVE the point of aim
The barrels are pointing BELOW the point of aim
How much rise at the muzzle would you think it would take to bring the bore above the line of sight?berettaprofessor said:the rise is negligable during the time the bullet exits the barrels.
berettaprofessor said:I agree that recoil begins when the bullet starts to move, but the rise is negligable during the time the bullet exits the barrels.
berettaprofessor said:Are all you guys/gals really arguing that if you put a handgun in a vise and fire it with the sights exactly on target that it won't hit below the target?
Pistols/rifles/all the same....physics is physics and the only difference between pistols and rifles is the degree of compensation in the sights for the drop expected by gravity.
Pistols/rifles/all the same....physics is physics and the only difference between pistols and rifles is the degree of compensation in the sights for the drop expected by gravity.
I voted with the majority of course... but like all questions, it can be parsedOK...now I want to know who the 2 folks are that voted that the bore line is above the sight line
I will admit to being surprised when I first found out that the 1911, with the slide locked forward, had the barrel locked at a downward angle at the front...the chamber/barrel hood is higher than the muzzle
Well, this is the revolver forum, afterall.
BCRider said:I suspect that the sight line to bore axis likely varied from quite negative for the close in shots to level or perhaps positive for the long range setting.