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jr_roosa
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Maybe what they mean is that they have a solid enough position where they recover from recoil and their scope or sights are back on target soon enough to see the round hit.
I get this at 600 yards, but I'm just seeing the dust at that range. It takes about a second for the bullet to get there.
At 100yds, the hit is too soon for me to see anything.
Maybe with an AR10 platform with straight-line recoil, but I doubt you'd recover from recoil even with that enough to see at hit 1/10th of a second after the shot.
You'd have to ask whoever is making the claim just what they mean.
-J.
I get this at 600 yards, but I'm just seeing the dust at that range. It takes about a second for the bullet to get there.
At 100yds, the hit is too soon for me to see anything.
Maybe with an AR10 platform with straight-line recoil, but I doubt you'd recover from recoil even with that enough to see at hit 1/10th of a second after the shot.
You'd have to ask whoever is making the claim just what they mean.
-J.
When the lighting is just right I've seen 22's in flight, but I don't think that is what the OP is talking about. I believe he is taking about seeing the bullets effect when it impacts the target.
At a range, shooting off a bench I rarely actually see the bullet impact the target. You get just enough muzzle rise that the target disappears briefly from my view with most any rifle.
When hunting, and firing offhand or from some other field position I often see where the bullet impacts game. I think the wider field of view I get when the scope is on a lower magnification aids this too.
Stock design is huge. Lever actions and many old style guns have a lot of drop in the stock. This results in much more muzzle rise at the shot. More modern stock designs used on most bolt rifles and certainly AR's mean recoil is straight back with much less muzzle rise. I think the stock design and low recoil of an AR should make seeing the target being hit much more likely than other guns.
At a range, shooting off a bench I rarely actually see the bullet impact the target. You get just enough muzzle rise that the target disappears briefly from my view with most any rifle.
When hunting, and firing offhand or from some other field position I often see where the bullet impacts game. I think the wider field of view I get when the scope is on a lower magnification aids this too.
Stock design is huge. Lever actions and many old style guns have a lot of drop in the stock. This results in much more muzzle rise at the shot. More modern stock designs used on most bolt rifles and certainly AR's mean recoil is straight back with much less muzzle rise. I think the stock design and low recoil of an AR should make seeing the target being hit much more likely than other guns.
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The only time I've been able to see a bullet in flight was due to a slow moving bullet, lots of humidity and suitable light conditions.
It's doubtful a .308 can be seen on its way to the target.
He must have meant what the others have said, if there's enough time for the sights to settle back on the target before the bullet hits.
And true for any shot.
It's doubtful a .308 can be seen on its way to the target.
He must have meant what the others have said, if there's enough time for the sights to settle back on the target before the bullet hits.
And true for any shot.
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