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    "source": "https://urth.darkrealm.vip/thread/urth/721",
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  "archive": "urth",
  "thread": {
    "id": 721,
    "subject": "ballistics table",
    "messages": 1,
    "voices": 1,
    "first": "1998-06-02T16:46:31+00:00",
    "last": "1998-06-02T16:46:31+00:00"
  },
  "messages": [
    {
      "message_id": "<urth-v0012-0062@digest.urth.net>",
      "from": {
        "name": "Peter Cash",
        "address": "cash at rsn.hp.com"
      },
      "date": "1998-06-02T16:46:31+00:00",
      "subject": "(urth) Re: ballistics table",
      "in_reply_to": null,
      "reply_link": null,
      "blocks": [
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          "kind": "quote",
          "depth": 1,
          "text": "Mantis wrote:\nHowever!  We know that Marsch was a pretty good shot, we know V.R.T.\nwas a pretty lousy shot.  So, what's with the balistics table?\nMarsch doesn't seem to need it.  V.R.T. just might be able to use it.\n\nOr is the ballistic table just one of the real red herrings?\nSomething that Marsch needed a long time ago, but quickly outgrew\n(i.e., before getting out in the field), so in the field he can guess\nthe distance and adjust his aim accordingly without looking at the\ntable constructed specifically for a rifle of his caliber."
        },
        {
          "kind": "text",
          "depth": 0,
          "text": "The ballistics table also strikes me as odd. It is simply not something\nthat the average hunter would bother with. You take your rifle to the\nrange, and zero the scope at 100 yards. (I.e., the bullet impacts at the\ncenter of the scope's reticles at that distance.) If you run into a deer\nat 200 yards and want to take a shot, you hold a little high. It's not\nrocket science.\n\nSomeone who takes the trouble to construct a ballistics table is someone\nwho plans to take long shots, and want to be very, very sure of hitting\nhis target. A long-range target shooter, perhaps. Or a sniper."
        }
      ]
    }
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