Shooting uphill and downhill

[live4muleys]

I tried to piggy back on another post to get this answered with no luck so I thought I would give it it's own post.

If you have a range finder that calculates for uphill and downhill will you still hit high or low? So if I am shooting down a steep canyon and the range finder tells me 300yds (set on angle mode) do I shot as if the shoot was 300 or do I still have to compensate more? The actual distance from me to the animal is 300yds according to trigonometry but how does the elevation change still affect the shoot?

Thanks

 

[Phantom Hunter]

Gravity will affe t the bullet over the horizontal distance not over the angle distance. If the range finder compensates hold for what it tells you. If no compensation the actual distance is less than the angle, i.e. hold low.

 

[Cahunter805]

If your rangefinder corrects for the angle then you shoot to the distance given.
Also uphill or downhill no matter which one you will always hit high if you don't correct for the angle. Be careful on steep angle shots not to get scope bite.

 

[dmaxarchr]

Is this true also when shooting a muzzleloader? Does it make a difference between muzzleloader and center fire?

 

[Cahunter805]

LAST EDITED ON Nov-16-16 AT 11:50PM (MST)[p]Makes no difference if it's a muzzleloader, rifle or bow you need to adjust when shooting angles.

 

[BUGLEnmIN]

>If your rangefinder corrects for the
>angle then you shoot to
>the distance given.
>Also uphill or downhill no matter
>which one you will always
>hit high if you don't
>correct for the angle. Be
>careful on steep angle shots
>not to get scope bite.
>


Yep exactly+1

 

[live4muleys]

Thanks guys figured that was the case, but wanted to make sure that the angle compensation took that factor out.