Thread: Need help to settle and arguement

So I need help.

To cut a long story short I'm currently having an argument with my hunting buddy about how far out our rifles are. Mine's out, I took i big knock and needs sighting in I know that.

Not sure if he's having sympathy pains but says at 100m he's 6 inches high. That's fine we both agree. However where the argument starts is if he's 6 inches high at 100m, how high is he at 200m? We both normally sight in spot on at 200m and for arguments sake are 2 inches high at 100m. Then the shit hit the fan and all sort of threats have been made.

I'll admit I don't know enough about ballisitics and physics to work equations out, i buy factory ammo and use the info on the back of the box for bullet drop etc. By my reckoning if he's 6 inches high at 100m, and normal bullet drop of 2 inches over 200m, he should be 4 inches high at 200m. I'm hoping that I'm not a complete moron here but he reckons that at 2 inches high at 100m, he's 8 inches or more high at 200m. I'm struggling to see how, but like i said don't know loads about this, if someone could explain in simple terms who's right I'd really appreciate it. I'm hoping i'm on the winning side and save myself a box of beer.

If it helps, he fires a 6.5X55, hand loads but I don't know bullet weight/grain weight.

Cheers