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<blockquote data-quote="Paul Wyatt" data-source="post: 58964" data-attributes="member: 2924"><p>Goodgrouper;</p><p></p><p>You don't by chance work at Sportsman's Warehouse in Provo do you? If so, I think you know my son-in-law.</p><p></p><p>You have basically the same questions that I have on this whole thing. I think that I have decided to purchase the Smart Tool Digital Inclinometer and not mount it on a rifle – it is small and light and won't add that much to the pile of stuff that I will be packing along. I have a Hewlett Packard iPAQ PDA that I am installing Exbal on. My plan is to use the inclinometer to read the angle of incline to the nearest .1 degree, enter the information into Exbal on the PDA, and go from there. </p><p></p><p>I have arrived at this conclusion because from all that I have read, it seems that the software programs give the best (most accurate) results. Even "W" who manufactures the ACI recommends the use of Exbal. The ONLY criticism of the ACI that I have seen on these posts is that it reads out to the nearest 5 degrees, which some folks claim is not accurate enough for really long ranges. I think that you could site along the top surface of the digital inclinometer and get a reading much more accurate than that, especially when considering that military snipers used to use a protractor and string in the same way. The clincher for me is that the digital unit is essentially the same price as the ACI gage. It just seems to me that in long range shooting there are so many variables to contend with that tightening the degree of accuracy in any area has to improve chances of success. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for the chance to talk shooting with you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Paul Wyatt, post: 58964, member: 2924"] Goodgrouper; You don’t by chance work at Sportsman’s Warehouse in Provo do you? If so, I think you know my son-in-law. You have basically the same questions that I have on this whole thing. I think that I have decided to purchase the Smart Tool Digital Inclinometer and not mount it on a rifle – it is small and light and won’t add that much to the pile of stuff that I will be packing along. I have a Hewlett Packard iPAQ PDA that I am installing Exbal on. My plan is to use the inclinometer to read the angle of incline to the nearest .1 degree, enter the information into Exbal on the PDA, and go from there. I have arrived at this conclusion because from all that I have read, it seems that the software programs give the best (most accurate) results. Even “W” who manufactures the ACI recommends the use of Exbal. The ONLY criticism of the ACI that I have seen on these posts is that it reads out to the nearest 5 degrees, which some folks claim is not accurate enough for really long ranges. I think that you could site along the top surface of the digital inclinometer and get a reading much more accurate than that, especially when considering that military snipers used to use a protractor and string in the same way. The clincher for me is that the digital unit is essentially the same price as the ACI gage. It just seems to me that in long range shooting there are so many variables to contend with that tightening the degree of accuracy in any area has to improve chances of success. Thanks for the chance to talk shooting with you. [/QUOTE]
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