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<blockquote data-quote="rammac" data-source="post: 1874801" data-attributes="member: 27761"><p>The Kestral Elite provides the ballistic solution for the scope at ranges beyond 800 yards.</p><p>The ABS does not communicate with BDX products.</p><p></p><p>The BDX products are designed to use the ballistic computer of the Kestral Elite for long range use. Without the Kestral Elite you can only resolve ballistics information out to 800 yards with the BDX device's internal ballistics computer (ABU). Beyond 800 yards Sig figures that you'll need a more advanced ballistic computer (ABE or ABX) that uses atmospheric data. I can only assume that putting the atmospheric sensors in to the BDX products would make them more prone to failure and more bulky so my guess is that Sig decided to use a proven product that did all of that already - the Kestral 5700 Elite, especially since long range shooters typically use a Kestral before they shoot anyways.</p><p></p><p>With the BDX system you can either program the devices (range finder and scope) with fixed weather data or you can use devices that provide current weather information. The Kestral has a ballistics computer that is capabile of determining elevation and windage corrections for any range that you supply. I bought the Kilo 3000 BDX binos. I downloaded the BDX app to my phone and with that app I programmed the binos with a ballistic table. I used a fixed set of atmospheric data (temp, wind, altitude). Now when I go out to the field I just use the binos without the phone and I get standard ballistic data out to 800 yards.</p><p></p><p>If I wanted more precise ballistic data then I'd get the Kestral 5700 Elite. I would take both devices to the field and when I range a target the Kestral will produce a solution that includes accounting for atmospheric conditions. I keep the Kestral on, I range the target and I get an instant solution (displayed both on the Kestral and the binos) out to the maximum range of the binos (5,000 yards on reflective targets according to Sig, personally I've only heard that it works out to about 4,700 yards, but who cares, I'll never shoot at those kinds of ranges anyways).</p><p></p><p>If I add the scope to the system then when I shoot the range with the binos, then the scope will show an aim point automatically (to 800 yards without the Kestral and out to 5,000 yards with the Kestral).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rammac, post: 1874801, member: 27761"] The Kestral Elite provides the ballistic solution for the scope at ranges beyond 800 yards. The ABS does not communicate with BDX products. The BDX products are designed to use the ballistic computer of the Kestral Elite for long range use. Without the Kestral Elite you can only resolve ballistics information out to 800 yards with the BDX device's internal ballistics computer (ABU). Beyond 800 yards Sig figures that you'll need a more advanced ballistic computer (ABE or ABX) that uses atmospheric data. I can only assume that putting the atmospheric sensors in to the BDX products would make them more prone to failure and more bulky so my guess is that Sig decided to use a proven product that did all of that already - the Kestral 5700 Elite, especially since long range shooters typically use a Kestral before they shoot anyways. With the BDX system you can either program the devices (range finder and scope) with fixed weather data or you can use devices that provide current weather information. The Kestral has a ballistics computer that is capabile of determining elevation and windage corrections for any range that you supply. I bought the Kilo 3000 BDX binos. I downloaded the BDX app to my phone and with that app I programmed the binos with a ballistic table. I used a fixed set of atmospheric data (temp, wind, altitude). Now when I go out to the field I just use the binos without the phone and I get standard ballistic data out to 800 yards. If I wanted more precise ballistic data then I'd get the Kestral 5700 Elite. I would take both devices to the field and when I range a target the Kestral will produce a solution that includes accounting for atmospheric conditions. I keep the Kestral on, I range the target and I get an instant solution (displayed both on the Kestral and the binos) out to the maximum range of the binos (5,000 yards on reflective targets according to Sig, personally I've only heard that it works out to about 4,700 yards, but who cares, I'll never shoot at those kinds of ranges anyways). If I add the scope to the system then when I shoot the range with the binos, then the scope will show an aim point automatically (to 800 yards without the Kestral and out to 5,000 yards with the Kestral). [/QUOTE]
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