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Swaro EL Range Workflow

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  • Jul 10, 2013
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    For those who own the Swaro EL Range, I am curious to know your workflow when forcing the binos to match your dope. After some tweaking, I was able to get it to read spot on to 1k, but it wasn't without trial and error, so not sure if there is a better way or if this is even the "correct" way, but I do have it reading spot on with my real world dope using this method. Let me know if you see any issues.

    1. In the EL Range app, I assured all applicable info was correct. a.)choose any mil based Swaro scope that matches your non-swaro optic in adjustment value b.)input height over bore c.)Conditions: I am assuming this is zero conditions, so I input the temp and elevation where I obtained my zero d.)Zero Range set to 100 yards, MRD set to off.
    2. Ammunition: Use database to select bullet (for me 175g ELD-X), go immediately to "Expert Mode" and enter your air and temp reading and input difference between measuring points (for me, 300 yards: MV=2762 and 300 yard velocity=2456) as measured by chrono.
    3. Shoot at 300 yards, then at 600 yards. 600 yard actual impact needs .2 mil more mils then what the Swaro reads. So I go back in and tweak my initial MV by -5% and my 300 yard velocity by -5% and then the Swaro is reading the same as my real word DOPE.
    4. Move out to 800 and 1000 yd. Again, I need .2 mils more from the SWARO app to match my real 1000 yard Dope. The BC that the Swaro app calculated after I entered my tweaked MV and 300 yard velocity was .418. I go in and tweak that number down to .398 to get the 1000 yard reading to match real world DOPE.
    5. Real DOPE and Swaro EL Range now match up from 100 to 1000 yds.
    FWIW, The problem I had, and eventually abandoned, was that I attempted to correct the Binos initially using the "Elevation" feature in expert mode rather than the "Bullet Velocity." Fortunately for me I was shooting where I could get actual velocities all the way out to 1,000 yards, but the elevation feature would/should be far more handy as you don't need a chrono. You are supposed to be able to enter your drop data, in inches, between two points. I would input my drop in inches at 600 yards, but it always spit out something insane, like 14 mils. I am not sure if this feature is broken, or there is another way to use it. I used 500 yards as my distance between two points, 100 yd zero and 600 yd drop. I just couldn't get anything remotely close to actual my actual DOPE.