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<blockquote data-quote="Bravo 4" data-source="post: 1893553" data-attributes="member: 8873"><p>Livetohunt7,</p><p>Do you need a Kestrel? To me this is one of those quit trying to learn the tricks of the trade and learn the trade itself moments. Are they handy gadgets? Sure they are, we teach and use them. I have the 5700 elite and it does a lot more than just give you environmentals and a simple firing solution. Do I snatch them away from guys and force them to use recorded hard data sometimes, dang skippy I do. I think you need to learn to use the equipment you have, your rifle and scope. See for yourself. Plug in the environmental conditions into a ballistic computer (app, free online JBM, whatever) and set the range to 600, then make some major changes to the big ones like temp and pressure (station) or density altitude. Takes quite a bit to change your dope to a concerning level. My advice would be a decent range finder (if you don't have one already), that error can get you in trouble quick even at moderate ranges. If you want a wind gauge to practice wind calls at your location, they can be had fairly cheap. If you want something to read current environmentals, they can be had for a little more but reasonably cheap. Do you need a guicci piece of gear that cost as much as a new rifle to be a successful new shooter, nope! If you are saying that you want to start out shooting at 1000 then I'll say don't put the cart before the horse. If you have all the money in the world and don't mind being spendy then so be it, it's your money. But you did mention money, so I'm thinking that's not the case. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bravo 4, post: 1893553, member: 8873"] Livetohunt7, Do you need a Kestrel? To me this is one of those quit trying to learn the tricks of the trade and learn the trade itself moments. Are they handy gadgets? Sure they are, we teach and use them. I have the 5700 elite and it does a lot more than just give you environmentals and a simple firing solution. Do I snatch them away from guys and force them to use recorded hard data sometimes, dang skippy I do. I think you need to learn to use the equipment you have, your rifle and scope. See for yourself. Plug in the environmental conditions into a ballistic computer (app, free online JBM, whatever) and set the range to 600, then make some major changes to the big ones like temp and pressure (station) or density altitude. Takes quite a bit to change your dope to a concerning level. My advice would be a decent range finder (if you don’t have one already), that error can get you in trouble quick even at moderate ranges. If you want a wind gauge to practice wind calls at your location, they can be had fairly cheap. If you want something to read current environmentals, they can be had for a little more but reasonably cheap. Do you need a guicci piece of gear that cost as much as a new rifle to be a successful new shooter, nope! If you are saying that you want to start out shooting at 1000 then I’ll say don’t put the cart before the horse. If you have all the money in the world and don’t mind being spendy then so be it, it’s your money. But you did mention money, so I’m thinking that’s not the case. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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