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<blockquote data-quote="rammac" data-source="post: 1875498" data-attributes="member: 27761"><p>I know there are more Kestral models but you and I were only talking about the 5700 with the Hornady 4DOF model and the Elite model. The Hornady 4DOF is based on mathematical approximations of how the bullet should fly while Applied Ballistics is based on actually measuring the movement of the bullet along it's flight, I'd rather use a process based on the real world performance of a bullet.</p><p></p><p>Applied Ballistics uses the customized drag models, that's what their ballistics engine is based on, if the device has the Applied Ballistics software then it's based on customized drag models for each bullet in the bullet library. If you check the bullet libraries I think you'll find that the Hornady software has a smaller number of bullets and most of what they list are Hornady bullets along with a few bullets from a couple of other brands. The Applied Ballistics version has something like a little over 500 bullets from most of the main bullet manufacturers and I believe that they are expanding that to over 800 bullets.</p><p></p><p>As I said, the BDX products are a system and the advantage is that you don't have to make any knob adjustments, you simply range, aim, and shoot. You don't even need the Kestral if you never intend to shoot beyond 800 yards. If you do intend to shoot past 800 yards and you want the system to work as it was designed then you need the Kestral Elite with the Applied Ballistics engine. Yes, you could buy Kestral Hornady 4DOF model but you would then have to make the scope adjustments after you get a solution. Admittedly, you will probably have finer control over the scope if you make the adjustments by hand but the system was designed for general shooting/hunting rather than competition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rammac, post: 1875498, member: 27761"] I know there are more Kestral models but you and I were only talking about the 5700 with the Hornady 4DOF model and the Elite model. The Hornady 4DOF is based on mathematical approximations of how the bullet should fly while Applied Ballistics is based on actually measuring the movement of the bullet along it's flight, I'd rather use a process based on the real world performance of a bullet. Applied Ballistics uses the customized drag models, that's what their ballistics engine is based on, if the device has the Applied Ballistics software then it's based on customized drag models for each bullet in the bullet library. If you check the bullet libraries I think you'll find that the Hornady software has a smaller number of bullets and most of what they list are Hornady bullets along with a few bullets from a couple of other brands. The Applied Ballistics version has something like a little over 500 bullets from most of the main bullet manufacturers and I believe that they are expanding that to over 800 bullets. As I said, the BDX products are a system and the advantage is that you don't have to make any knob adjustments, you simply range, aim, and shoot. You don't even need the Kestral if you never intend to shoot beyond 800 yards. If you do intend to shoot past 800 yards and you want the system to work as it was designed then you need the Kestral Elite with the Applied Ballistics engine. Yes, you could buy Kestral Hornady 4DOF model but you would then have to make the scope adjustments after you get a solution. Admittedly, you will probably have finer control over the scope if you make the adjustments by hand but the system was designed for general shooting/hunting rather than competition. [/QUOTE]
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