Bullet speed and trajectory

[vanmc1]

Would like to know if my understanding is correct. If, with the same sight setting and sight picture, the smae distance and target, and at distances short of the apex of the projectiles
trajectory...will a faster bullet not strike higher than a slower bullet, no matter the weight of the bullets? Didn't mean to make that sentence so long, just couldn't find a place to stop.
Thanks for any help,
Van

[vanmc1]

Oh yes, of course with the same firearm and sights.
Van

[tri70]

Slower bullets will drop more than faster bullets at same distance and site picture, same weight.

-tri

[Tailgunner]

The slower bullet will be affected more by muzzle rise during recoil (longer barrel time), and a strong case can be made for the faster bullet hitting LOWER out the the Max Ordinate (high point in the path) and higher past that point.

The other thing is where in the muzzle ocalation are each of the bullets exiting the muzzle?

The other concern is.....just how much difference will a few FPS actualy make to the trajectory? Using the same data, with a 100yd zero, there is only a .01" difference at 50yd with a 30FPS change in velocity (2970 bullet is -.19, 3000 bullet is -.20)

[tri70]

I guess we really need a set distance to be sure.

[markw76]

From what I've read about different firearms and noted during my own shooting, the time in the barrel has as much or more influence on point of impact than time of flight. That is, the faster the projectile, the less time in the barrel, the less the weapon has had time to recoil, so the lower the muzzle is pointing at the moment the bullet exits the muzzle.