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shawns video is confusing me but i would recommend
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<blockquote data-quote="Eaglet" data-source="post: 207121" data-attributes="member: 3756"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">CONTINUING...</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: 12px">Let's click on</span><span style="font-size: 15px"> "Program Options"...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://i29.tinypic.com/ih381z.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">Now let's click on "Save Sight-in Conditions"...</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://i29.tinypic.com/2d2aeyt.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">As you remember, the box on top was checked on (for using field conditions) this told the program to copy those conditions exactly to be saved. Now you uncheck the box as in the picture to make sure that for as long as you don't have to re-sight in you want the program to use that info. You don't mess with this anymore. Leave it alone. Now you're ready to go hunting. and when you do you change whatever you have to in steps 1, 2, and 3. Always enter the Altitude for whatever BP and your calculations will be right. If at this point you enter elevation or altitude = 0 you just messed up. You have to keep entering the altitude because Exbal will be doing calculations based on your sight-in conditions and your present conditions. With LoadBase from Patagonia Ballistic you have to do the same thing. You just go about it differently.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">The Altitude box is not there because the programmer is an idiot, trust me on this, he knows what he's doing.</span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">If you insist on entering zero for Altitude, just remember to do as explained at the beginning of all my bla bla bla. Just don't forget that when you go hunting at 9000 ft of Altitude you have to sight-in again and not at 100 yards because in spite of the Elevation change at 100 yards there is not enough change to be noticed, but you will have a great miss at 1000 yards. Just guessing!</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 15px">In any event, that's my understanding of how the program works and if I'm wrong... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eaglet, post: 207121, member: 3756"] [SIZE=4]CONTINUING...[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]Let's click on[/SIZE][SIZE=4] "Program Options"...[/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][IMG]http://i29.tinypic.com/ih381z.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]Now let's click on "Save Sight-in Conditions"...[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][IMG]http://i29.tinypic.com/2d2aeyt.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]As you remember, the box on top was checked on (for using field conditions) this told the program to copy those conditions exactly to be saved. Now you uncheck the box as in the picture to make sure that for as long as you don't have to re-sight in you want the program to use that info. You don't mess with this anymore. Leave it alone. Now you're ready to go hunting. and when you do you change whatever you have to in steps 1, 2, and 3. Always enter the Altitude for whatever BP and your calculations will be right. If at this point you enter elevation or altitude = 0 you just messed up. You have to keep entering the altitude because Exbal will be doing calculations based on your sight-in conditions and your present conditions. With LoadBase from Patagonia Ballistic you have to do the same thing. You just go about it differently.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]The Altitude box is not there because the programmer is an idiot, trust me on this, he knows what he's doing.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]If you insist on entering zero for Altitude, just remember to do as explained at the beginning of all my bla bla bla. Just don't forget that when you go hunting at 9000 ft of Altitude you have to sight-in again and not at 100 yards because in spite of the Elevation change at 100 yards there is not enough change to be noticed, but you will have a great miss at 1000 yards. Just guessing![/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=4]In any event, that's my understanding of how the program works and if I'm wrong... :o[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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