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How does a scope on a rifle work?

Proberly a silly question, but if a scope of a rifle is attached to the top of the the rifle, as most are, why does the bullet not hit below where the scope says it will?

It's because bullets travel at an arc, like any projectile. Once it leaves the barrel of the rifle it will go up to a maximum height and then down until it hits the target or the ground. The rifle scope is "zeroed" to a certain distance, so that the line of sight from the scope bisects the trajectory of the bullet somewhere down range. If you place the target close enough to the muzzle of the rifle the bullet will in fact hit lower than where you aim it. Move the target further and at some point it will hit where you aim. move it further still and it will hit higher than you aim and still further it will again hit where you aim.

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