Rifle Scopes isnipe and the I phone 4

[jackal1]

Hi fellow Hide members...first I wanna say that this is one very kool and awesome site for info and sharing what we all love doing.

Has anyone here played with that app and your comments about it?...Looks pretty good for recreation and exploring.Im doing a new build on a 6.5 x 47 on a Bolt gun and thinking about dropping some coin on a Hensoldt 4-16x56 FL.I love my NXS and my Zeiss scopes so think im goin to pull the trigger on the Zeiss.I have the 8x45 victory RF Binos and I want to play around with some ballistic programs for recreation and long range target work.

 

[vman]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Welcome to the Hide.

These ballistics programs work very well.

You will find the most popular ones for the iphone are

- Knights Armament Bulletflight
- Ballistic FTE

I myself use bulletflight, but im so impressed by these programs i will likely buy FTE as well to try it out.

If you have a chronograph, or can access one, all you need is a correct muzzle velocity, ballistic coefficient for your projectile, plus a proper rifle set-up in the program and away you go.

If you have a Kestrel handy its even better.

Cant say ive used isnipe, but im sure it works okay too.

vin

 

[jackal1]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Thanks Vin...glad to be on board.Yes Ive seen KAB but havnt played with it but looks pretty interesting.The FTE I might try that one.I do have a chono but hav only used it for my 6MMbr but only used it on our 300 yd range.We do have a 600 yd range but never shot my 6br on that one.I look forward to working on the 6.5 in great detail tho.

Im glad to hear that you like how BF works I'm going to look into it.
Eric

 

[vman]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Sounds good jackal.

Range doesnt matter when it comes to using your ballistics calc... just set up the chrony at the proper distance from your bench and test your loads.

Use that MV and you should be good to go.

Also, regarding this thread, it really should have gone in the 'Hide Equipment' subforum, but im sure a mod might move it for you.

 

[LoneWolfUSMC]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I have both KAC Bulletflight and Ballistic FTE.

I feel that Ballistic is the better program and it's my "go to" for shooting. If something doesn't look right I will cross it with Bulletflight, but I have yet to find a problem with the calculations from Ballistic.

I have not tried iSnipe because frankly I have no need to buy another app. Ballistic FTE works very well.

I just wish they wold come up with a more subdued HUD for night use. The "night" skin really doesn't dim things down much.

 

[cuffm4615]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I have Isnipe and Ballistic FTE and both are very accurate. I tend to use Isnipe a little more often only because I find it a little quicker but you cant go wrong with either. Also a friend at the range recommended a long range shooting program, sort osf a simulator, called "SHOOTER READY" and though its no substitute for trigger time it works great in combination with your ballistic computer and will help you get aquainted with them use prior to hitting the range.

 

[Opticsspecialist]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

i need a ballistic program for my iphone too, tag this for later

 

[jackal1]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

oops! sorry your right about this ? should be asked in EQ. Good info and gonna look up on these other Apps.I like Isnipe's layout but will see when my build is done.

 

[cyrekzz]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I have BulletFlight myself and after using it, i can see the value in ballistic. One thing that i don't believe you can do with Bulletflight... is have the range chart saved with each profile for what the unit of measure the scope is... meaning - if i turn on mrads - it shows in mrads... even though the weapon profile is saved as 1 moa. And for my .1 mrad click scopes, i put .344 moa as the click value... but chart display, again, is not changed, or you have to remember to change it to what ur using each time.

Sorry, i've never used isnipe - i'm going to take a look at that too... but i, myself, am going to download ballistic fte and compare.

 

[wvlawyer02]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I am BulletFlight user and it works well for me. I agree with cyrekzz that I wish the MOA and MRad could be saved for each rifle but thats not an option yet on the program.

 

[RayDBonz]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I have both BulletFlight and Ballistic FTE. For me, the BulletFlight is about all I use. I find it much more user friendly. They aren't expensive - get both and see which works best for you.

 

[shane45]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Will these apps work on a Touch?

 

[LoneWolfUSMC]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I believe Ballistic FTE does, although you cannot pull the weather unless you are on WiFi.

 

[pezzy3333]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Hello,I am new to this forum andO am happy to be a member here.I have a problem with Isnipe that is loaded to my apple 3.I don't know how to save the weather conditions during which I have zeroed my gun.Please help me.

 

[TravisB]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shane45</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Will these apps work on a Touch? </div></div>



Yes but you will have to put in current conditions vs the iphone updates them.

 

[pezzy3333]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I have puted the current weather conditions but I don't know how to save them as my zerroed conditions in order to use them when I go to another plase with different weather conditions

 

[mouse07410]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: LoneWolfUSMC</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: shane45</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Will these apps work on a Touch?</div></div>
I believe Ballistic FTE does, although you cannot pull the weather unless you are on WiFi.</div></div>
I confirm: both Bullet Flight v4.0 and Ballistic FTE v2.5.2 work perfectly fine on iTouch-4 with iOS v4.3.2. And indeed you can't pull weather from weather stations unless you are on Wi-Fi.

Might add that when I'm on a shoot, I always input the on-the-spot conditions from my Kestrel rather than from a weather station located who knows how far. It may be that the variations of a few degrees and a few tenths of inHg won't matter much - I just prefer to deal with the exact numbers when I can.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: sharp</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have puted the current weather conditions but I don't know how to save them as my zerroed conditions in order to use them when I go to another plase with different weather conditions</div></div>
I believe in Ballistic FTE there are configuration parameters that tell the program where to take the weather data from - separately for zeroing and current weather.

 

[cpercent]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Iphone is that great in general. I know because I have one.

 

[leadbullet]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I have been using the ballistic FTE program for a couple years now and it is usually within one click of dead on.

 

[winxp_man]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I have Ballistic FTE and iSnipe and I like the Ballistic way more.

 

[CACTUS]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Knights Armament Bulletflight Only way to go iphone 4

 

[para38super]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Tag, for later.

 

[RotARy15]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I am searching for these apps and pulling up nothing. This is extra WTF because I know I have seen the Knights Armament one before.

 

[KillShot]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: RotARy15</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I am searching for these apps and pulling up nothing. This is extra WTF because I know I have seen the Knights Armament one before.</div></div>

All of them are still available.

Bullet Flight
Ballistic FTE
iStrelok

 

[bigwheeler]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Don't leave the newest off the list. Shooter by Sean Kennedy.

 

[GreggNY]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Which version of Bulletflight are you guys using? I see there's a level 1 for $3.99, level 2 for $11.99 and level M (military) for $29.99.

 

[Jdubya45]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

Bought the $29.99 version, works great.

 

[Ring]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: g2004</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Which version of Bulletflight are you guys using? I see there's a level 1 for $3.99, level 2 for $11.99 and level M (military) for $29.99.</div></div>

KAC Bulletflight sucks...it lacks most of the usable features of FTE and shooter, and costs more.. get FTE or Shooter

with shooter 9.99$ and what it can do, i would say it is the king of the apps right now..

some reviews in my sig
|
V

 

[arrowslinger#1]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I use the mil dot calculator app it is handy as well

 

[tylerw02]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I'm using Ballistic FTE. I'm happy thus far.

 

[Winston Wolf]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I use iStrelok. It seems to be the easiest to use and it's free.

 

[KillShot]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

+1 for iStrelok. Here's the interface for iStrelok.

 

[bear58]

Re: isnipe and the I phone 4

I use iSnipe. It's a full featured program for around $9.00. I haven't tried others so I can't weigh in with comparisons, but I like it and does all I need it to do.