Ridiculous trajectory tables...

[Kipper]

One just for fun.

I was reading about the 45-70 on Wikipedia and for some random reason it has this trajectory table at the bottom of the article comparing the 45-70 to the .308 Winchester shooting at 1,600m



82 yards elevation

I'm sure that's been of heaps of help to people.

Just in case anyone confuses the .308 with the 45-70 I guess...

[Noisydad]

Well looking at that table it's fairly clear that you cant hit your buffalo ON the head with a 308 slug!

[yoshie]

The 45-70 (and 45-120) was the original long range cartridge. It was used well out past 1000m and the current 2km open sight world record is held by a 45-70. Elevation was measured in feet not MOA

[Kipper]

Elevation was measured in feet not MOA

Typo on my behalf, corrected now.

[Carter]

Love the angle on that table for the 45-70

Looks like you'd be shooting into the sky at about 40 degrees

[bawoog]

This must be where they get their stupid ideas about people trying to shoot down planes!

"I'm not! The trajectory is just really terrible!"

[AusC]

I think planes cruise at about 30,000 feet?

Judging by that table I think the 45-70 would get a about a 10th of the way there

Rest easy travelers

[Apollo]

Elevation was measured in feet not MOA

Typo on my behalf, corrected now.

The chart is in Yards, not Feet or Metres....

[Bourt]

Learn to read people!

[Monty]

Too busy looking at the pretty picture