No rifle bullet shoots flat if "flat" means there is no drop from a straight line established by the centerline of the bore. No Hawken, no Schutzen, no modern super-duper magnum, nothing on earth that shoots a projectile of any kind at any velocity has a projectile that does not depart from that straight line.
If your Hawken's projectile somehow manages to not depart from a straight line established by the center of the bore you will be able to zero the sights at 20 yards and hit the center of a target at 200 yards without changing the sight setting or adjusting the point of aim.
Perhaps you should look at the trajectory charts and notice that none of them show a bullets path as being flat. They all show curved lines of trajectory and the amount of curvature increases as the range increases.
If you happen across a trajectory chart that shows the flight of a roundball you will see that they have the greatest curvature of all common projectiles.
I really don't think we are as ignorant as you suggest. Perhaps there is a lack of communication between some of us and you due to semantics?
If your Hawken's projectile somehow manages to not depart from a straight line established by the center of the bore you will be able to zero the sights at 20 yards and hit the center of a target at 200 yards without changing the sight setting or adjusting the point of aim.
Perhaps you should look at the trajectory charts and notice that none of them show a bullets path as being flat. They all show curved lines of trajectory and the amount of curvature increases as the range increases.
If you happen across a trajectory chart that shows the flight of a roundball you will see that they have the greatest curvature of all common projectiles.
I really don't think we are as ignorant as you suggest. Perhaps there is a lack of communication between some of us and you due to semantics?