Hey guys,
Just joined after listening to a bunch of Everyday Sniper podcasts. I caught an interview Frank did with Avery Adventures and Frank discusses some good stuff.
So, a little about me:
-Predominantly a hunter, and plan to enter a few LR shoots that they put on at our local range. I live in a small town but we have a nice range that goes out to 1120 yards with steel gongs from 300-1220.
-I will likely never enter a PRS or other high level competitive shooting match, so my interest is mainly to get better at shooting LR for hunting purposes. I bought what is easily considered budget 6.5 CM set-up with a 10x SWFA SS MRAD scope. Nuttin' fancy, but I went from never shooting beyond 400 to hitting gongs out to 1120. All new to me, and really catching the bug so to speak.
I'm using both the Shooter app and the Hornady 4DOF. I reload and have had good luck using 143 gr. ELD-X's, Lapua brass, CCI450's, 0.020" off the lands with 47.2 gr of RL26 with velocities in the 2900 fps range out of a 26" pipe.
With that being said, I'm seeing the click values are the same between the 4DOF and Shooter apps. using G7 with Shooter and 4DOF with Hornady. Makes sense as I recall Frank saying they are about equal until you get passed subsonic.
I'm curious about weather meters and their applications in remote settings with no cell service. If you plan on keeping shots in a hunting scenario under 600-700 yards, would the Weatherflow Weathermeter be a good cost effective means of getting solid atmospheric conditions data, especially in areas with no cell service?
Right now when I hit the range I have service. When I shoot there, I can pull station data from a local weather station to get reasonable data. My buddy has a basic Kestrel that he brings along when we shoot, but it does not have the bluetooth paring ability like the higher priced Kestrel units. We generally true the station data with the readings off the Kestrel manually in our apps.
My plan is to ensure I have good zero data input, and then print a cheat sheet by inputting the generally altitude and atmospheric conditions expected for the area we'll be hunting. I feel like it would be a good idea to have something like a wethermeter to sync via bluetooth to my app in the field if a long shot presents itself and we have time to take a reading.
What do you guys think about this plan? Should I bother with the Weathermeter, or save a little coin and use the Kestrel and just input data manually if need be in the field?
I'm a little confused regarding the "Pressure is Absolute" button. I normally leave that off and use the data from the kestrel or local weather station to input all my variables (altitude, Baro., temp, humidity, etc.). Is that the correct way of inputting the data? I see that if I click the radio biting for absolute pressure it removes the altitude but the other values remain. What's up with that?
Sorry if this is rambling. I'm learning. Thanks for any help you can provide! I'm reading as much as I can to speed my learning curve. This place has a ton of good info, but it can be a little daunting for a newbie.
Just joined after listening to a bunch of Everyday Sniper podcasts. I caught an interview Frank did with Avery Adventures and Frank discusses some good stuff.
So, a little about me:
-Predominantly a hunter, and plan to enter a few LR shoots that they put on at our local range. I live in a small town but we have a nice range that goes out to 1120 yards with steel gongs from 300-1220.
-I will likely never enter a PRS or other high level competitive shooting match, so my interest is mainly to get better at shooting LR for hunting purposes. I bought what is easily considered budget 6.5 CM set-up with a 10x SWFA SS MRAD scope. Nuttin' fancy, but I went from never shooting beyond 400 to hitting gongs out to 1120. All new to me, and really catching the bug so to speak.
I'm using both the Shooter app and the Hornady 4DOF. I reload and have had good luck using 143 gr. ELD-X's, Lapua brass, CCI450's, 0.020" off the lands with 47.2 gr of RL26 with velocities in the 2900 fps range out of a 26" pipe.
With that being said, I'm seeing the click values are the same between the 4DOF and Shooter apps. using G7 with Shooter and 4DOF with Hornady. Makes sense as I recall Frank saying they are about equal until you get passed subsonic.
I'm curious about weather meters and their applications in remote settings with no cell service. If you plan on keeping shots in a hunting scenario under 600-700 yards, would the Weatherflow Weathermeter be a good cost effective means of getting solid atmospheric conditions data, especially in areas with no cell service?
Right now when I hit the range I have service. When I shoot there, I can pull station data from a local weather station to get reasonable data. My buddy has a basic Kestrel that he brings along when we shoot, but it does not have the bluetooth paring ability like the higher priced Kestrel units. We generally true the station data with the readings off the Kestrel manually in our apps.
My plan is to ensure I have good zero data input, and then print a cheat sheet by inputting the generally altitude and atmospheric conditions expected for the area we'll be hunting. I feel like it would be a good idea to have something like a wethermeter to sync via bluetooth to my app in the field if a long shot presents itself and we have time to take a reading.
What do you guys think about this plan? Should I bother with the Weathermeter, or save a little coin and use the Kestrel and just input data manually if need be in the field?
I'm a little confused regarding the "Pressure is Absolute" button. I normally leave that off and use the data from the kestrel or local weather station to input all my variables (altitude, Baro., temp, humidity, etc.). Is that the correct way of inputting the data? I see that if I click the radio biting for absolute pressure it removes the altitude but the other values remain. What's up with that?
Sorry if this is rambling. I'm learning. Thanks for any help you can provide! I'm reading as much as I can to speed my learning curve. This place has a ton of good info, but it can be a little daunting for a newbie.
