Haven't used Shooter since getting Applied Ballistics!
Is AB much different than Shooter?
Haven't used Shooter since getting Applied Ballistics!
Ballistic AE will help with this. There's a validation option. Tell it how high or low you're shooting at measured ranges and it will recalculate you're speed to match your drops. I haven't used it yet but someone on here might chime in how its worked for them.l have been looking for a good metric ballistic calculator since forever. no ballistic calculator till today has given me accurate estimates. l put in everything right ( scope height, altatude.....) and the results are allways the saim. shows more drop than reality but close to 400 yards then the drop is way bigger than my actual shots at longer ranges. 3 moa differance at 550 yards. l dont reload so lm guessing maybe its my barrel. or my factory load is much faster than what is sais on the box. in this case ( federal power-shock 175GR 7mm rem mag advertised at 2860 fps from a standard barrel length) l cant mesure my velocity as l dont own a device to do so. so l just developed my own drop chart. lm pretty much at the saim lvl of a 7mmRUM acording to the calculators drop charts. yeah so l stoped looking at calculators. only use them to get on paper at closer ranges if l need to. dont spend alot of ammo developing charts either. just fire 1 shot, hold the crosshair on bulls eye and tell a mate to dial till the crosshair gets to the point of impact. so its just 1 bullet for every step of your chart. 2 if you wanna check. 20-40 bullets for 0-1000 yards with 50 yard intervals.
typed all this stuff for new comers to check if thay happen to come across it.
is that Ballistic Advanced Edition ? if so, l might give it a try. does it have a metric option instead of yards ?Ballistic AE will help with this. There's a validation option. Tell it how high or low you're shooting at measured ranges and it will recalculate you're speed to match your drops. I haven't used it yet but someone on here might chime in how its worked for them.
is that Ballistic Advanced Edition ? if so, l might give it a try. does it have a metric option instead of yards ?
thanks mateHornady has an App for iPhone.
Yes, Advanced Edition. I think I paid $20.
You can change it to Meters.
Once you download it, I got there by (iPhone):
About --> Ballistic Settings --> Meters
That's the whole reason I got into ballistics. Printed tables are part of the PACE concept. Primary, Auxillary, Contingency, Emergency. Primary is your app. When that dies you go to aux, printed tables with detailed data for a whole span of conditions, contingency is the little quick dope table good for maybe 500yrds inside your scope cap. emergency is that you should have memorized your gross drops at 100yrd/m intervals before going into the field. Check out ballisticxlr.com. I make printed tables on nearly indestructible media. Waterproof, not just resistant.Ok since we are on the subject of ballistics calculators. What's everyone's opinion on printed drop charts vs. Calculators when it comes to hunting situations. Seems to me a printed chart would be faster but the calculator would be more accurate since the chart would be accurate only at a particular set of conditions.
This seems like you're using the wrong thing. Digital apps are great when you have the time to set up like before a match. In the field, trying to rely on gadgets is IMHO just asking for a missed opportunity. Ranging alone is going to take more time than most shot opportunities allow for. Get thee a printed table, learn to bracket ranges with your reticle on your target species so that ranging is done instinctively. I would only have to see a deer in my optic to get a useful range for it at any range I might really engage at.That's my current dilemma. After missing numerous opportunities at large whitetail this year at ranges from 600-1000 yards because of the time it took me to range and do my calculations on my app. Tough to do everything alone.
My solution is some saving and getting the new Sig kilo ABS.
l have been looking for a good metric ballistic calculator since forever. no ballistic calculator till today has given me accurate estimates. l put in everything right ( scope height, altatude.....) and the results are allways the saim. shows more drop than reality but close to 400 yards then the drop is way bigger than my actual shots at longer ranges. 3 moa differance at 550 yards. l dont reload so lm guessing maybe its my barrel. or my factory load is much faster than what is sais on the box. in this case ( federal power-shock 175GR 7mm rem mag advertised at 2860 fps from a standard barrel length) l cant mesure my velocity as l dont own a device to do so. so l just developed my own drop chart. lm ALLMOST at the saim lvl of a 7mmRUM acording to the calculators drop charts. yeah so l stoped looking at calculators. only use them to get on paper at closer ranges if l need to. dont spend alot of ammo developing charts either. just fire 1 shot, hold the crosshair on bulls eye and tell a mate to dial till the crosshair gets to the point of impact. so its just 1 bullet for every step of your chart. 2 if you wanna check. 20-40 bullets for 0-1000 yards with 50 yard intervals.
typed all this stuff for new comers to check if thay happen to come across it.
Ok since we are on the subject of ballistics calculators. What's everyone's opinion on printed drop charts vs. Calculators when it comes to hunting situations. Seems to me a printed chart would be faster but the calculator would be more accurate since the chart would be accurate only at a particular set of conditions.
In average shooting there's not much difference but I like AB because of the constant support and up to date bullet library, I also like the function at more extreme ranges where you'll be running multiple BCs in Shooter you'll have one in AB.Is AB much different than Shooter?
I started with charts, then got into apps and I found charts OK but slow and having to break concentration when inside typical ranges just was costing me opportunity, the app is a little faster for me because as I'm hunting I'm updating the chart in app vs carry cards.Ok since we are on the subject of ballistics calculators. What's everyone's opinion on printed drop charts vs. Calculators when it comes to hunting situations. Seems to me a printed chart would be faster but the calculator would be more accurate since the chart would be accurate only at a particular set of conditions.