Bottom up laser holdover for close shots with high scopes
High scope heights are unavoidable on AirForce air rifles. Sometimes way over 3 inches if you don’t want to lay your head sideways. High scopes shoot flatter at the farther distances but create big holdovers or hundreds of clicks at closer ranges.
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Mounting a laser under a bottom rail mounted ring (holding your 1″ flashlight) so that it is 2.1 inches under the barrel (for a 3 inch scope height), and zeroed 1 yard closer has an interesting result. Here is a screen shot from Chairgun showing a 3″ scope height shooting .25 JSB kings at 900 fps. The scope is .25 inch low at 22 yards, .25 inch high at 36, and .25 inch low at 49 yards. But is 1.5 inches low for that Dove that just landed 10 yards in front of you. Note the laser line mounted 2.1″ under the barrel. And how the curved track of the pellet splits the difference from it to the crosshairs. Whenever the laser is below the crosshairs at shorter ranges you split the difference for a near perfect shot without having to estimate range and memorize hold overs.
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Chairgun is an indispensable program for airgunners.
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http://www.hawkeoptics.com/chairgun.html
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Sender,
That’s a good observation on the “split the difference up close” setup. Thanks!
-X356b