Hell no! I'd rather miss the shot than incorporate my dumb fone in my shooting!Originally Posted by MarshallDodge
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Hell no! I'd rather miss the shot than incorporate my dumb fone in my shooting!
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
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I have used apps in the past. Wish I had one that was buttoned up but I’m stuck with pencil and paper for now. Shooter app was my first, feel like it’s old school now.
Maybe one day.
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The first time we found our 1 mile shooting spot, we called a buddy to get the come up for 300WM. He got us much closer out of the gate. He's a little nuttier and willing to get dirty in the details on the app.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
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I was running Strelok for about 10 years but the recent sanctions have me worried that it may eventually be pulled. They all use about the same algorithm underneath the covers, so I am going to give Shooter another try since I tried it about 5 years ago.
This time around it looks like they made some updates to the interface and I am going to start using it on my next outing. It's pretty easy to setup a rifle and load in it, and I'm going to see if I can get it to connect to my old Kestrel with Bluetooth. That will give me density altitude which is really helpful the further out you get.
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I've been following the Hornady podcast and they had some very in depth discussions about their 4DOF ballistic solver.
It is set up to change the BC several times during bullet flight. Their doppler radar was showing that the BC changes a lot based on speed, air density and temperature.
While they have to have modeled the specific bullet to make it work right, (focus is on bullets intended for long range) their library of projectile models is growing and is not limited to Hornady bullets.
It's a free download and includes a standard BC calculator for bullets not modeled. I haven't used it yet but intend to try it side by side with Strelok Pro.
I'm new to long range and need all the help I can get!
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That's pretty interesting. No doubt the 88 gr's speed changes dramatically over the mile flight. I can only guess the BC has dropped a good bit in that last few hundred yards.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
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My experience with the Hornady app hasn't been that good. It may be accurate but I've had too many issues with bugs and crashes.
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What platform were you using it with? IOS or Android?
I'm not sold on it yet, but I like the idea of custom drag models and the idea of atmospheric conditions are relied on even on the base line zero. I wonder if this is similar to how Applied Ballistics works with their custom drag models?
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Android. It has been over two years since I tried it last.
You can set a velocity curve in Shooter and Strelok to compensate for variations in what you see on target.
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