Not to be a stickler for details, but I don't think we've had a "legal sunrise" of 7 AM yet. Maybe I'm wrong.

The simplest way I know to explain it is, a bullet is losing speed and energy, and falling toward the ground from the time it leaves the barrel. A bullet absolutely does not rise above the barrel after the shot, gravity is pulling it toward the ground instantly. Your scope is mounted above the barrel, and the xhairs in the scope are what is zeroed on the target, which is why you shoot low at close distances and high at mid range and then back low again down range. The bullet however has been falling toward the ground since it left the barrel, I promise.

i can't buy that you might be right but don't see how.I can watch an arrow rise and fall at 30 yards so how is a bullet falling from the start?I understand gravity but its seems like its force over gravity to me.gravity is pulling a football down as soon as you throw it but if you put enough force on the throw it will rise before it falls.

the barrel, like the arrow, is angled upward at the beginning. draw a straight line down the bore or the arrow. the projectile never rises above this line. it is not force making the football "rise" either but the angle at which it was originally thrown.