Absolute flattest shooter from 100-500 yards

[D. Hargrove]

Great chart, thank you for posting it.

 

[steelfingers]

Wait. Curvature of the earth is .42 per 100 yards soooo.....uuummmmm. I'm out.

 

[MacFromOK]

Wait. Curvature of the earth is .42 per 100 yards soooo.....uuummmmm. I'm out.

Why is that relevant?

 

[D. Hargrove]

Why is that relevant?

No relevence at all, just SteelFinger humor!!!

 

[steelfingers]

Why is that relevant?

It's not. Kind of thought it was obvious.
My bad.
I shall leave your threads alone.

 

[MacFromOK]

It's not. Kind of thought it was obvious.
My bad.
I shall leave your threads alone.

Lol, don't do that. I like to learn stuff whether it's relevant or not.

Well... mostly anyway.

 

[steelfingers]

Lol, don't do that. I like to learn stuff whether it's relevant or not.

Well... mostly anyway.

 

[dennishoddy]

Interesting that factoring RoR (return on recoil), the .243 Win is a champ that only loses 2.9" at 400 yards to the top dog, which has almost 5X the recoil!

The .243 WSSM in an AR platform vs a bolt gun is much less in recoil. Only 100 fps faster though.
It's a shame that caliber was put to bed by internet pontificates that said it was a barrel burner when actual testing showed exactly the opposite.

 

[CBarCRanch]

6.5 SAUM!

 

[WAFFENFELT]

Flattest would probably be some throat burner wildcat like a .17 x .460 Weatherby or .22 x .50BMG. It would not fit in a standard AR and generally be a terrible mess. For an AR type rifle I think NEMO still makes a 300 win mag AR so you could have one custom barreled in .17 x 300 win mag get some shockingly high fps and the throat / accuracy might last for 7 or 8 rounds. If you do it please post some pics.