Do long distance shooters take refraction into account?
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About as much as "earth spin" is taken into account...
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Do Long Distance Shooters Take Refraction Into Account?
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TheQuestionMan
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Re: Do Long Distance Shooters Take Refraction Into Account?
No. A sniper is trying to work out the intersection between the straight line of sight to their target and the nominally parabolic trajectory of the bullet. They also need to take into account things which change the bullet trajectory from the idealised parabolas such as air density and wind speed and direction.