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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1461414" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Calculators are just one tool to help you get closer. If every bit of the dope you feed it is accurate you're going to get very close assuming your setup is correct to start with.</p><p></p><p>Shooting is both an art and a science and every shot is the result of the time, practice, and equipment you put into it and use.</p><p></p><p>Most of my shooting is done on varmints and predators on the move, often on the run so the calculations have to be done on the fly from reading the wind to estimating range to gauging the lead.</p><p></p><p>For each rifle I have a set load, and a drop/data card in the stock pack and I keep them all zeroed at the same range. As long as I know my range and have a decent read on the wind I have a very high percentage chance of making a one shot kill.</p><p></p><p>All of the tools we discuss here along with thousands of hours spent shooting over four plus decades add up to my being able to be successful most of the time. What is invaluable though is that when I do miss I spend as much time as necessary trying to figure out why I missed and I make either a physical or mental note, or both of same so that I will increase my odds of success in the future.</p><p></p><p>Calculators are great but just like any other piece of equipment they won't make a novice into a great shooter. They can however make any shooter more successful in the field than we would be without them.</p><p></p><p>I run all of my new loads through a ballistics program to get a starting point, then verify my drops at various ranges until I can come up with a decent drop chart for each rifle. Sometimes you need to do some tweaking with the BC's, Velocity etc to get your predictions to match your recorded data but it does get you there faster than starting off blind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1461414, member: 30902"] Calculators are just one tool to help you get closer. If every bit of the dope you feed it is accurate you're going to get very close assuming your setup is correct to start with. Shooting is both an art and a science and every shot is the result of the time, practice, and equipment you put into it and use. Most of my shooting is done on varmints and predators on the move, often on the run so the calculations have to be done on the fly from reading the wind to estimating range to gauging the lead. For each rifle I have a set load, and a drop/data card in the stock pack and I keep them all zeroed at the same range. As long as I know my range and have a decent read on the wind I have a very high percentage chance of making a one shot kill. All of the tools we discuss here along with thousands of hours spent shooting over four plus decades add up to my being able to be successful most of the time. What is invaluable though is that when I do miss I spend as much time as necessary trying to figure out why I missed and I make either a physical or mental note, or both of same so that I will increase my odds of success in the future. Calculators are great but just like any other piece of equipment they won't make a novice into a great shooter. They can however make any shooter more successful in the field than we would be without them. I run all of my new loads through a ballistics program to get a starting point, then verify my drops at various ranges until I can come up with a decent drop chart for each rifle. Sometimes you need to do some tweaking with the BC's, Velocity etc to get your predictions to match your recorded data but it does get you there faster than starting off blind. [/QUOTE]
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