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Episode 99: how do you measure bullet speeds at distance

ViP

Alaska Precision PR1 and PR2
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Minuteman
Mar 15, 2018
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Hello. During the episode, I heard you guys talk about the speed of a bullet at a specific distance. How do you calculate that? Thanks.
 
Using your ballistic calculator it can estimate your MV at any distance based off your input of your starting MV. You could calculate it yourself but it’s a long formula.
 
Actually it's not that hard. Just reverse engineer it. What I mean is that your dope will tell you mv at range. It's not like snipers are gods. Just simple math. And the reason for simple math? For people to lazy to find out what is actual. So just screw math and find out what it is by shooting all yardage and seeing what your dope is. Or just use an online app and then you have something to blame when you miss. Because you will.
 
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I have all this stuff,

The Labradar the best range I have gotten a reading is 72 yards... does not work for downrange in its current form

An Oakwood Tech H Bar and my software has the MV feature turned on, it's complicated, and expensive but works

An Acoustic SuperChrony can work a bit but you have to be really good at lining it up and you must be supersonic

Reversing the numbers using software is the easiest if you have the dope to work the numbers. Which we always have the dope.