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<blockquote data-quote="Buffalobob" data-source="post: 146026" data-attributes="member: 8"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> Should I use one of the ballistic programs and just put in the difference in elevation. If the program agrees with my at home chart, with 2500 ft elevation. At least that's my plan. Should it work????? </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ] </p><p></p><p>Yes it will work. But, what I do is to run about 5 different drop charts for different altitudes. For each altitude I will run a couple of different temperatures. So in the end I have as many as 20 different drop charts for a specific cartridge for a specific hunt. Plus I determine for my load what the increment is for 10 degerees of temperature and for 1000 feet of elevation and have that available being as in the course of a day the temperature may change and you may change altitude. All of this paper to shuffle is why people like the little PDAs with Xball. But as was mentioned some things like paper don't require a battery.</p><p></p><p>I see no way around checking your zero. That simply has to be done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Buffalobob, post: 146026, member: 8"] [ QUOTE ] Should I use one of the ballistic programs and just put in the difference in elevation. If the program agrees with my at home chart, with 2500 ft elevation. At least that's my plan. Should it work????? [/ QUOTE ] Yes it will work. But, what I do is to run about 5 different drop charts for different altitudes. For each altitude I will run a couple of different temperatures. So in the end I have as many as 20 different drop charts for a specific cartridge for a specific hunt. Plus I determine for my load what the increment is for 10 degerees of temperature and for 1000 feet of elevation and have that available being as in the course of a day the temperature may change and you may change altitude. All of this paper to shuffle is why people like the little PDAs with Xball. But as was mentioned some things like paper don't require a battery. I see no way around checking your zero. That simply has to be done. [/QUOTE]
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