Windage is a term used in aerodynamics, firearms ballistics, and automobiles that mainly relates to the effects of air (e.g., wind) on an object of interest...
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windage using a knob on the left side of the rear sight. Because the front sight of the RPD must be partially disassembled in order to adjust windage...
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Non-hooded Rear Sight: Aperture .0520, Adjustable, One-half Minute for Windage and One Minute for Elevation Two-stage Military Trigger, Match Tuned, 4...
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telescopic sight the reticle can be adjusted by manipulating the elevation and windage turrets in 5 centimetres (2.0 in) at 100 metres (109 yd) (0.5 mil or 1...
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sight (later changed to Lanchester Mk I*), windage adjustable front sight. Airborne model: Lanchester Mk I rear sight, windage adjustable front sight...
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rotating bolt Effective firing range 600m Feed system STANAG magazine Sights windage and elevation adjustments Picatinny rail can be used for mounting various...
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both shot and gun by the same firm immediately allowed a reduction in the windage, the gap between the bore of the gun and the diameter of the ball. The...
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45 ACP Action short recoil, DA/SA Sights front: Fixed post, White Dot, drift-adjustable for windage rear: Fixed, Two-Dot, drift adjustable for windage...
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sight. The rear sight, mounted on the detachable handle, is adjustable for windage and elevation. Operation of the charging handle, magazine release, and...
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rifles windage were zeroed at 50 meters, at 100 meters' distance the windage error would be about 3.175 cm and at 200 meters' distance the windage error...
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medallion). Sights are fixed, although the rear sight is drift-adjustable for windage. In October of 1944, the design was modified with the addition of enlarged...
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metal from the inside of the gun. This was often combined with reducing windage (the space between the inside of the barrel and the projectile), so bored-up...
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R50 or 50% windage and elevation dispersion of any individual weapon must have been within an 11 cm (4.3 in) group at 300 m, the 50% windage and elevation...
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Glossary of British ordnance terms (section Windage)
coating on the projectile to minimise windage and simultaneously to engage the rifling. The elimination of windage necessitated a new design of timed fuze...
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at a range of 300 m (328 yd) is 4 cm (1.6 in) (R50) in the horizontal (windage) axis and 6 cm (2.4 in) (R50) in the vertical (elevation) axis. Accuracy...
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adjustable for sighting in firearms by adjusting the sights for elevation or windage. On many firearms it is the rear sight that is adjustable. For precision...
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Height 4 in Cartridge 9×19mm Luger Action Short recoil, locked breech Feed system 10-round detachable box magazine Sights Fixed; rear windage adjustable...
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is a post adjustable for elevation. The rear sight can be adjusted for windage. The sights can be adjusted with a bullet tip or pointed tool. The AR-15...
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clutch drag, and in seal/bearing drag, churning of lubricant and gear windage/friction found throughout the system. Dynamic loads occur under acceleration...
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1,000 meters in 100 m increments. The rear sight leaf also features a windage adjustment knob unique to the RPK series of rifles. Supplied with the RPK...
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magazine (9×18mm Makarov/.380 ACP) 15-rd, staggered-column, detachable box magazine (.32 ACP) Sights fixed front blade; rear drift-adjustable for windage...
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(330 yd) with SS109/M855/C77 ammunition. The rear sight can be zeroed for windage in 2.8 cm or 0.28 mrad increments at 100 m, when used with a 502 mm (19...
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100 m (109 yd) increments. The front sight post is adjustable for both windage and elevation, using specifically designed tools. The iron sights line...
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dimensions was controlled, with resulting inaccuracy in firing due to windage, variance in gunpowder composition, and the difference in diameter between...
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no positive ID, incorrect windage or elevation, unstable shooting platform. 70: 1 shot fired and positive ID, correct windage, elevation, shooting platform...
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bullet drop compensation are found in the middle, and stadia marks for windage to the left and right of the center reticule. The reticle is also illuminated...
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Feed system 25-round box magazine (also issued with two 25-round magazines welded face-to-face) Sights fixed front post, rear adjustable for windage...
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Ruger No. 1 Varmint rifle in .223 Remington. Note the heavy barrel, bipod rest, large telescopic sight, and "dope" sheet on the stock for windage...
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magnetic steel, 4) improving the aerodynamics of motors to reduce mechanical windage losses, 5) improving bearings to reduce friction losses, and 6) minimizing...
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National Match front blade. Rear: Match-grade hooded aperture with one-half minute adjustments for both windage and elevation 26+3⁄4 in sight radius....
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