Posted on 04/30/2024 9:34:41 PM PDT by kawhill
The Coriolis effect describes the pattern of deflection taken by objects not firmly connected to the ground as they travel long distances around the Earth.
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This man gives a very good presentation of the Coriolis effect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7dcl_ERNs
Too bad he cannot pronounce “Coriolis.”
10 MOA dispersion at a thousand yards, just going from west to east.
Which brings up another question, does ballistic compensator software exist that will convert moa to milliradians? If not, it should be written.
It woulda been fun to see the North v. South direction groupings.
I was surprised he didn’t do north/south.
10 MOA at 1000 yards is 100 inches. That’s not what you get from coriolis. More like 3 inches right for coriolis and then another 6 to 9 inches right for spin drift at 1000 yards. Spin drift is a bigger influence.
104.72 inches
Here is an interesting video about all three of the phenomenon of long-range shooting. The Coriolis effect, spin drift and wind drift.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pri_FhjImbI
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