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The path of a bullet is parabolic. You ain't hitting shit with that math, yo.
At that range, using a linear estimation is fine I assure you
Both linear linear and parabolic descriptions of a bullet trajectory are approximations of a drag curve, that can be obtained only numerically.
That's just what they want you to think
On short distance you do