I want opinions from folks that have experience with various ballistic apps on smartphones. Probably will be getting an iPhone. Lets hear it!
Ballistic Applications for iPhone/Android
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Ballistic: fte is awsome. Shooter works great too. I used ballistic ; fte at 1202 yards and was on target the first shot.
Ballistic: fte is awsome. Shooter works great too. I used ballistic ; fte at 1202 yards and was on target the first shot.
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All I've ever used is Shooter for Android. It's done everything (and more) I've needed. It's spot on out to 500 yds and usually within 0.1 mil out to 1000.
All I've ever used is Shooter for Android. It's done everything (and more) I've needed. It's spot on out to 500 yds and usually within 0.1 mil out to 1000.
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shooter put me on target with the first round at 1025 yards a couple of weeks ago. An online tool would have done the same for free, but it wouldn't have done it out where I didn't have any data signal...
shooter put me on target with the first round at 1025 yards a couple of weeks ago. An online tool would have done the same for free, but it wouldn't have done it out where I didn't have any data signal...
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I should mention that I used to use Nosler ballistics. I would not recommend that one at all.
I set it to Mil units when I set it up, and played around with it a bunch. I punched in different variables and it spit out nice little tables for everything.
Then I took it to a match. Just for fun, I had cribbed some rough, generic .308 range values in mils. Stuff that would put me within a foot or so at 600 yards, probably, but wasn't speciic to my rifle or load. I planned to use the nosler data (which was), but I just wanted to familiarize myself with what I could expect from my 308.
When I got out to the 600 yard line and started getting ready, I happened to compare what nosler was telling me vs what my card said.
Long story short, it was showing that the units were mil, but was actually displaying an moa table. Had I dialed the numbers it gave me, I would have launched a round probably 1,000 yards past the berm, if not more. Scary. It finally started showing the correct mil values later in the day, randomly.
It was a free app, so I guess I got my moneys worth out of it, but I wouldn't use it.
I should mention that I used to use Nosler ballistics. I would not recommend that one at all.
I set it to Mil units when I set it up, and played around with it a bunch. I punched in different variables and it spit out nice little tables for everything.
Then I took it to a match. Just for fun, I had cribbed some rough, generic .308 range values in mils. Stuff that would put me within a foot or so at 600 yards, probably, but wasn't speciic to my rifle or load. I planned to use the nosler data (which was), but I just wanted to familiarize myself with what I could expect from my 308.
When I got out to the 600 yard line and started getting ready, I happened to compare what nosler was telling me vs what my card said.
Long story short, it was showing that the units were mil, but was actually displaying an moa table. Had I dialed the numbers it gave me, I would have launched a round probably 1,000 yards past the berm, if not more. Scary. It finally started showing the correct mil values later in the day, randomly.
It was a free app, so I guess I got my moneys worth out of it, but I wouldn't use it.
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I wanna say that Brian Litz came out with a ballistics app recently-ish for android and is currently working one for Apple. Can't think of the name now...
I wanna say that Brian Litz came out with a ballistics app recently-ish for android and is currently working one for Apple. Can't think of the name now...
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Wow...That should have been a given. brain fart. Thanks Dennis!
Wow...That should have been a given. brain fart. Thanks Dennis!
Re: Ballistic Applications for iPhone/Android
Wow...That should have been a given. brain fart. Thanks Dennis!
Wow...That should have been a given. brain fart. Thanks Dennis!
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I must say, this topic has been covered numerous times. On my iPhone I have 2 separate programs, MD Ballistic along with Bullet Flight L2. Between the two of them I have almost all the bullet mfg data. The other plus is within cell range and if you have internet service, it will use the GPS chip and download local weather and elevation. I still back it up with my handheld weather meter.
I must say, this topic has been covered numerous times. On my iPhone I have 2 separate programs, MD Ballistic along with Bullet Flight L2. Between the two of them I have almost all the bullet mfg data. The other plus is within cell range and if you have internet service, it will use the GPS chip and download local weather and elevation. I still back it up with my handheld weather meter.
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