Like a good rifle, scope and bipod these next two items seem, IMHO, to be necessary for computing the many variables in a long range shot. The LRF binoculars or monocular need to be accurate and reliable under many conditions. The environmental and ballistic calculations are ALL done by the calculator/computer below. All it needs is the range from your LRF.
1. Kestrel/Applied Ballistics 4500 weather station and ballistics computer
2. Good Laser Rangefinder (your choice)
With these two items plus a good rifle and scope (and practice) you have all the essentials for very accurate long range shots in most weather.
I already have a Bushnell 1 Mile ARC LRF 10 X 42 binoculars that are very reliably accurate.
My next purchase is the Kestrel/Applied Ballistics 4500 weather station & computer combo. The original Kestrel had the very good Horus A-Trag ballistics but the newer Applied Ballistics data from Brian Litz is, as most competitive LR shooters know, is THE most accurate rifle ballistics table available because it has been real world tested and not just based on mathematical theories.
It would be nice if the LRF and the Kestrel/AB 4500 were Bluetooth enabled so that each distance sent from the LRF to the Kestrel/AB 4500 gave a firing solution without having to manually input the distance but as it stands now it is FAR faster than manually inputting distance PLUS weather, compass and inclination data into a PDA pad with a stylus.
For those of you with the earlier Horus/Kestrel A-Trag ballistics table you will likely never notice any difference in results compared with an AP table for hunting purposes.
1. Kestrel/Applied Ballistics 4500 weather station and ballistics computer
2. Good Laser Rangefinder (your choice)
With these two items plus a good rifle and scope (and practice) you have all the essentials for very accurate long range shots in most weather.
I already have a Bushnell 1 Mile ARC LRF 10 X 42 binoculars that are very reliably accurate.
My next purchase is the Kestrel/Applied Ballistics 4500 weather station & computer combo. The original Kestrel had the very good Horus A-Trag ballistics but the newer Applied Ballistics data from Brian Litz is, as most competitive LR shooters know, is THE most accurate rifle ballistics table available because it has been real world tested and not just based on mathematical theories.
It would be nice if the LRF and the Kestrel/AB 4500 were Bluetooth enabled so that each distance sent from the LRF to the Kestrel/AB 4500 gave a firing solution without having to manually input the distance but as it stands now it is FAR faster than manually inputting distance PLUS weather, compass and inclination data into a PDA pad with a stylus.
For those of you with the earlier Horus/Kestrel A-Trag ballistics table you will likely never notice any difference in results compared with an AP table for hunting purposes.
