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History of the gat

Life of the pew

Bangism

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Gunsmiths should be a class Chang my mind

100 percent should be.

I'm trying to get into a firearms exam class after I graduate cause I'm wanting to major in forensics so I can be a ballistics expert.

It is a class just in specialty schools, trade schools

Interesting

I need to find a trade school nearby then

Ballistics is hard it really involves math

It's not something grasped quickly

I'm in college trig (1060) rn and will be taking calculus based physics second semester senior year. I enjoy math so it shouldn't be too bad I think. I shouldn't underestimate it though.

I'm sorry to say your trig and calculus mean little in ballistics

What should I focus on then?

I guess I probably ought to read up on ballistics a little more

That's something you need to ask a professional in those fields, I'd say it's more based in lab work so more science based

Csi schools

Basically for forensic physics

Fair enough. When I did some basic research it said physics was really important. It also said chemistry is big which makes sense to me. It didn't really specify which types of math matter most though. The sad thing is that there isn't a degree in forensic ballistics as far as I can tell.

Geometry more than anything

That makes sense.

Something could be used in just about any field

I put it to use during Marksman training

What did you use it for during training?

Shot placement, range Zeroing, other uses like trap shooting or ambush ranging

High angle shooting

Hmm. What geometric concepts were used regularly?

Pythagorean theorem?

While I'm not trained as sniper alot of basic are used in SDM.

So its DFA ( distant, flight time and affects) so for example your target is 500 M out so you raise your gun to match, it will take 1 second to reach them so you move your gun to allow for the targets movement & & you are being affected by when, obstructions and the time frame so you've moved the gun to fight the win, place the shot to the instructions and the time the shot before you miss

Short answer yes to the pythagorean theorem

MoA

Minute of Angle

Just to make sure I understand, you would use geometry to place the shot based on the distance from the target, the targets movements, and the obstructions?

Ok. That makes sense. At first I saw some uses, but I wasn't sure how important it really would be. I always forget that angles and other such things are a part of geometry as well.

Yeah thanks for that... I kind of had to bang my head abit to remember how to explain this lol

Happy to help btw

Funny you ask me all these questions about math oh, but I had my younger cousins and nephews learning how to use a 50 at long range just not a few days ago all I was doing is just calculating it for them

yeah, i wasn't sure if I was being... pushy, for lack of a better word (at the moment). I really am grateful for all the help.