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HUNTING
The application on your cellphone will store all the variables. Information
required would be the following:
Distance between the barrel
and telescope midpoint
The barrel twist
The direction of the barrel twist
Calibration of the telescope
Muzzle velocity
BC of bullet.
tion, you can test your firearm on the shooting range. Place a tar-
get at an unknown distance. Use the chronograph and determine
the distance. Use the application to determine the adjustments to
be made in order to hit your target over the distance.
Technology has gone even further by integrating products to
the extent where we need one product only. Swarovski and Burris
have a telescope with a built-in chronograph. They also have a
ballistics programme with which you can program your specific
firearm. The distance over which you want to shoot, can be deter-
mined by merely pushing a button - the telescope will even deter-
mine the position of the crosshair in the telescope and you can
simply pull the trigger for the perfect shot.
Technology helped us to shoot more accurately over bigger
distances.
Since we can determine the speed of a bullet, the trajectory of a
specific bullet can also be determined.
The one piece of technology which brought about the biggest
improvement in shooting accuracy, is ballistics tables which
are used as ballistics applications on smartphones or tablets.
The ballistics applications enable us to quickly and accurately
determine the trajectory of a bullet. The variables which are pro-
grammed into the application, make it easy to determine where I
should aim at which distance in order to hit my target.
Due to improved telescopes and ballistics applications, it is
now possible to adjust your telescope for every shooting dis-
tance. For this reason, it is easier to shoot at targets at unknown
distances than in the past. Bullets shot over a distance lose
height and the wind also pushes the bullets into a direction. Die
effect of the wind on a bullet can now be determined by means
of a ballistics application. For this reason, we can shoot even
more accurate over long, unknown distances.
It sounds easy in theory, but let's look at the process to be
followed in order to shoot further and more accurately with the
available technology.
Firstly, you want to see where you would like to shoot by using
a telescope. Easily adjustable telescopes, which can be adjusted
without using a coin or a screwdriver, work so much better.
Download a ballistics application and start storing informa-
tion in the application. The more familiar applications on Google
Play Store are Lapua Ballistics and Strelok. Strelok Pro is also
available at a cost. The biggest advantage of Strelok Pro is that
it already contains data relating to different bullet tips and tele-
scope crosshairs.
After having programmed this information into your applica-
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