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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1558738" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>Ballistics calculators vary in how they output data. You'll have to refer to the owners manual or customer support for the one you use. The one I make puts wind in its own column so you just pick the right wind distance and the right drop distance, hold wind, dial drop and shoot. Most calculators I've used have a "quick" calculator that assumes more or less a flat and level shot angle and then a mode where you can add your shot angle and all kinds of wacky non-standard conditions. Getting there requires flipping a toggle in the software either literally flipping a virtual switch or just using it in one mode versus another, figuring out which is usually less than obvious for newbs to be brutally honest. The one I make is meant to be printed, not used digitally in real life so in that respect it's a lot easier on newbs, largely by design. Still, the how and what and why still have to be learned. Don't get discouraged by the intricacies. You'll get there.</p><p></p><p>Regarding wind, for those times when I hunt and the incredibly frequent times that I'm competing, I put in a 10mph wind as my basis wind. For any wind much over that, I wouldn't take a long range shot on game personally so that's not an issue and for competition, if it's looking to be a day with potential for strong winds I'll add another column on my DOPE chart for a 20mph wind. It's usually accurate enough to take a third of a 10mph wind correction for a 3mph wind and half of a 10mph wind correction for a 5mph wind and the math is easy to do in your head under pressure, at least on the target sizes I'm dealing with.</p><p></p><p>Look at your capabilities, your equipment, your target (meat or metal) and make a choice for your basis wind that covers the most bases with the least slop. My bet is that that will be something like 10mph for your basis wind.</p><p></p><p>HTH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1558738, member: 96226"] Ballistics calculators vary in how they output data. You'll have to refer to the owners manual or customer support for the one you use. The one I make puts wind in its own column so you just pick the right wind distance and the right drop distance, hold wind, dial drop and shoot. Most calculators I've used have a "quick" calculator that assumes more or less a flat and level shot angle and then a mode where you can add your shot angle and all kinds of wacky non-standard conditions. Getting there requires flipping a toggle in the software either literally flipping a virtual switch or just using it in one mode versus another, figuring out which is usually less than obvious for newbs to be brutally honest. The one I make is meant to be printed, not used digitally in real life so in that respect it's a lot easier on newbs, largely by design. Still, the how and what and why still have to be learned. Don't get discouraged by the intricacies. You'll get there. Regarding wind, for those times when I hunt and the incredibly frequent times that I'm competing, I put in a 10mph wind as my basis wind. For any wind much over that, I wouldn't take a long range shot on game personally so that's not an issue and for competition, if it's looking to be a day with potential for strong winds I'll add another column on my DOPE chart for a 20mph wind. It's usually accurate enough to take a third of a 10mph wind correction for a 3mph wind and half of a 10mph wind correction for a 5mph wind and the math is easy to do in your head under pressure, at least on the target sizes I'm dealing with. Look at your capabilities, your equipment, your target (meat or metal) and make a choice for your basis wind that covers the most bases with the least slop. My bet is that that will be something like 10mph for your basis wind. HTH [/QUOTE]
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