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ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I’ve rethought actually, and technically, since gravity starts to affect it the second it leaves the muzzle (trajectory is parabolic because your muzzle is aimed slightly up, not because bullets defy gravity), there is no point blank past the muzzle.

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LowtierComputer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Okay bub

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- ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Don’t blame me, blame the dictionary that decided to define it by “affected by gravity” which honestly it still would be affected by gravity in the barrel even, since it’s on damn earth. I guess point blank only exists in space lol.
  
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  - LowtierComputer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    “Point-blank range is any distance over which a certain firearm or gun can hit a target without the need to elevate the barrel to compensate for bullet drop, i.e. the gun can be pointed horizontally at the target.[1][2]”
    
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    ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    nrawomen.com/…/dispelling-the-myth-of-bullet-rise
    
    The law of universal gravitation means that a bullet leaving the muzzle of the barrel travels in a straight line from the muzzle until the effects of gravity. As stated above, the effect of gravity starts working on the bullet immediately.
    
    The barrel of the firearm must be slightly elevated when fired, or the bullet would drop and come into contact with the ground very fast and relatively close to the where the projectile exits the muzzle. In reality, the rifle muzzle is elevated, and the line of sight is downward toward the target. To put it in reference, when your sights are on a target, your barrel is pointed upward. Even at close range, the muzzle is elevated, be it very slightly and when aiming, the line of sight is slightly downward.
    
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