Rifle Scopes Swfa scopes, iphone ballistic app?

[Porter24]

I am getting Into longer range shooting 200-600 or so with my .223 and .308. I hand load everything I shoot and run basic swfa scopes 10x and 16x, my question is do any of these ballistic apps have swfa standard mildot scopes on them for ranging

 

[Quickdraw40]

Mil dot is mil dot.

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[Porter24]

So it will be the same as any standard mildot on the app

 

[GillJr]

The mil-dot in the SWFA SS is the standard mil-dot (Army Mil-dot).

Army Standard!

 

[Porter24]

I have not purchased the ballistic app yet so I don't know how it will be set up as far a choosing a reticle option

 

[StockDog]

I have both and they work fine together.
Strelok is also a good app. It has a few features that I like better than the Knights Armament.

Another thing to consider is a chronograph. You can estimate FPS and compare app data to actual drop data at various distances to estimate bullet speed. It is kind of a backwards way to do it but it works. A chrono could be handy.

 

[Boxcar]

If you're buying Ballistic AE the default reticle is a mil-dot. If you're getting Swfa Mil-Quad reticle. You can copy the reticle and paste it into Ballistics AE and use it instead

 

[Lowlight]

The Army Standard is wrong, it's only valid with the M3A all other scopes use the USMC which is correct.

Army Standard is 6400, everyone else including SWFA uses 6283.

 

[Onewolf42]

Strelok also supports the SWFA Mil-quad reticle.

 

[redneckbmxer24]

WTF is choosing a reticle on a ballistic app? Has technology dumbed us down so much that we have to have a picture of the exact reticle and can't figure out that a mil is a mil?

 

[drum13]

The Army Standard is wrong, it's only valid with the M3A all other scopes use the USMC which is correct.

Army Standard is 6400, everyone else including SWFA uses 6283.

....Huh???

 

[Bender]

Army mil dot and USMC use different mil dots. That is what Lowlight is saying.

 

[drum13]

I know there was oval vs round dot difference back in the day but I don't get the 6400/6283 deal.


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[sulcop96]

WTF is choosing a reticle on a ballistic app? Has technology dumbed us down so much that we have to have a picture of the exact reticle and can't figure out that a mil is a mil?

Yep. I even have an app that shows me what end of the brassey thingie that goes boom goes in the big hole thingie on top of my gun. I just look and its always the pointy end.

And yes, I have the Sterlok + app on my phone. Don't use it much but it gives me something to fiddle with when I am board watching the wife shop.

Sully

 

[RonboF117]

To answer the OP directly, I'd say from my observations that for iPhone apps, most seem to use Ballistic AE and Shooter. For non short dot-style scopes, I've only seen SWFA use their version of a mil dot reticle which they refer to a a mil-quad.

If you do the math correctly, there are 6283 milliradians in a circle. NATO, and some manufacturers have adopted the use of 6400 as it can simplify the math. For an end-user to know how their scope is set up with respect to mils, they should contact the manufacturer directly.

 

[Bender]

To answer the OP directly, I'd say from my observations that for iPhone apps, most seem to use Ballistic AE and Shooter. For non short dot-style scopes, I've only seen SWFA use their version of a mil dot reticle which they refer to a a mil-quad.

If you do the math correctly, there are 6283 milliradians in a circle. NATO, and some manufacturers have adopted the use of 6400 as it can simplify the math. For an end-user to know how their scope is set up with respect to mils, they should contact the manufacturer directly.

Exactly.