Video Game Guns Reality Check

By Ammoland

By John Farnam

Ft Collins, CO –-(Ammoland.com)- “Virtual” Reality?

“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t being said. The art of ‘reading-between-the-lines’ is the lifelong quest of the wise. ” ~ Alder

In every currently-popular video game that involves shooting, rifle optics always come effortlessly and perfectly sighted-in. And, the rifle is always absolutely steady, as if stabilized by a gyroscope, no matter how heavily one is breathing.

And as if by magic, your bullet ever establishes a trajectory that is perfectly straight (out to infinity), and perfectly aligned with, the reticle, no matter the range to the target.

Instead of traveling at 3,000 f/s, with its velocity constantly deteriorating as it goes downrange, your bullet magically travels at a constant 982,080,000 f/s (the speed of light), 327,360 times faster!

Gravity and air-friction never have the slightest effect, not to mention wind, rain, and ballistic drift! This applies to all firearms, even “ battlefield pick-ups.”

Of course, the foregoing is nowhere near they way it works in the real world!

Accordingly, I sometimes find young shooters …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand