[wilderness medic]

Me and some friends were out shooting rifles at around 150m. About a human sized piece of wood with a paper target on it.

Just for jokes I shot at it with my Glock 23. To our surprise they were striking the target. Not on paper, but the wood.

I was holding right on target. Got me wondering what the rise and fall of it is. Is it some sort of 5m/150m zero :icon_neutral:...? He picked it up and did the same.

 

[Talhoffer]

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[wilderness medic]

Thanks. So what the hell is going on, do I have a magic .40, or what?

 

[Offroadie]

You weren't on paper. How low were your strikes?

 

[wilderness medic]

You weren't on paper. How low were your strikes?

Should have snapped a pic. All were left for me, some level, more high, but only a few inches. His were about the opposite, right and low, with I believe two on paper.

 

[Turnanewleaf]

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Nice! :icon_thumbup:

 

[Gos]

Drop is about a 12-15" at 100yds judging by that 2nd table. Height of sights over bore isn't 2 inches on most handguns (I just measured .5" on a glock 21) so the 2nd chart is likely closer.

 

[wilderness medic]

So by the looks of it my round should have been in the dirt way before...wtf?

 

[Talhoffer]

So by the looks of it my round should have been in the dirt way before...wtf?

I can't say for sure but I can tell you from experience I've skipped more than a few rounds off the dirt well before the target and still punched round, not keyhole, holes in the target.