Just use your reticle.
If your scope adjusts in mils and your reticle is in mils then it tells you exactly how much to dial. No need for inch conversion or centimeters or whatever.
I haven’t taken the time to study the reticle and the measurements of the marks on it yet. I’ll definitely add that to my to do asap list!
Not sure I understand what you are saying.
So your ballistic app will give you firing solutions for whatever distance you want if you put in your information correctly on BC, bullet weight, velocity, sight height over bore, and proper environmental data. This is generally pretty close to accurate.
If you're talking about zeroing at 100 yds with a target that has an inch grid, yes you can do it that way. Or you can learn how to adjust using the reticle subtensions which is faster and usable at any distance without math.
Or you can learn how to use your reticle to measure the angular offset and apply the correction without math and without concern about the actual distance to target.
Things can get confusing pretty fast if you’ve got no experience with it. Just be systematic about it. Learn your gear, learn how to use it properly. Download something like Hornady 4dof or Applied Ballistics and just sit on the couch and watch a few YouTube videos on it and play with it and get familiar with it. It’s really not too hard and certain things can over complicate it quickly. Just trust the system and method. But yes, for sure learn your reticle values. You pay plenty money for the convenience of using these things, just take time to learn them.
Yes, to most of this, but truing your velocity generally requires DOPE at distances past 600 yards. I shoot factory ammo, so I use the values on the box as starting points and go from there. I don't generally find the results to be "accurate." It is within 0.3-0.5 mils at longer distances. If you have chronograph data for MV with good SD values and enter those into an app, it is better. The Kestrel measures the environmental parameters, so those are generally accurate.
I covered truing BC in a post after that. I true velocity under 600 yards and true BC over 600 yards.
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Absolutely.
Cool. You won’t be sorry. The legend himself came up with it. By legend I mean Marc Taylor @Enough Said.
It works for mil or moa.
The X factor is your try number. It is based off of your 100 yard zero. It is strictly math that will give you an adjustment in moa or mil as your case may be. NO inches involved. Only measured in angle. No need for velocity either. Honestly it’s so simple that it will astound you.
I don’t think it will give you anything. You’re gonna have to collect all that data for yourself by going out and shooting in those different conditions and distances. I’m not saying it isn’t good, but to me it seems limited and it’s something you “can” use instead of a ballistic calculator, but it’s not going to have near the functions or convenience of a ballistic calculator.
The most conversation you will get regarding that is on a couple of Franks podcasts with Mark Taylor as guest.
I kind of went through the same process with ballistic calculators. They want to know everything from elevation to my great grandmother’s maiden name and I couldn’t get good dope from any of the ones I tried, including the ones I paid for. I said forget that. I might as well just buy more ammo and shoot more (which is what everyone should do anyways). Then Marc Taylor created voodoo and I love that app. I get wanting to figure out how it all works with the gravity ballistics app, and you should, but as I said-it’s so simple that it will blow your mind. It’s very easy to overthink it. Basically, just take the app, create the profile for your rifle and then hit the range. If you get your hundred yard zero, then shoot out to 200, and 300 the numbers will start to settle in. If you get an anomaly then as Marc said “go back to the shooter.” Make sure your fundamentals are sound and if they are you can adjust the numbers and they will auto adjust on down the line. Also, as Makinchips208 said, listen to Frank’s podcast. There are some discussions on it
Nope
No shit! Maybe if you read what I wrote you’d have seen that’s what I said. Jesus you’re observant. Mach 1.2 is where you true BC
You also said you true MV under 600 yards and BC over 600 yards. That was the basis for my response not your earlier statement.
Distance depends on what you’re trying to true. You true BC close to transonic which for 5.56 mk262 is close to 700 yards. For a 308 168 smk it’s closer to 800 yards. For my 6.5 it’s just past 1000 yards.
Correction; 500x1.40 = 600
