wow guys...lol
ok first, dawg....you are right and that is kinda exactly what i do...for those quick elevation changes, but for the wind call, that is a kind of learned thing, sometimes i call it right sometimes not, and sometimes the wind where i am sitting and where the target is, is different...may even be a different direction but it is way easier with a good spotter that is making good wind calls....not so much at shorter distance....problem is with yotes, if you dont call it right the first time you very seldom get a second shot
nick, i thought he said he took his info from the ammo box?? and he did say he did this same test the day before each match, because of weather variance....i agree he should have went back to the 500 target just to verify that things were running true on both ends....and i asked that very question to him, his response was, " he did think about it but the video was getting long " for me that would be something that needed to be in the video....but i wasnt making it
i get it about the cross wind, kinda like a head and tail wind only not as bad...but same kind of affect
i havent had my kestrel very long.... i am still learning with it....but i do like what i see, so here is how i think it works...... when you set up the profile on you phone you tell it the velocity and the BC...you can use G1 or G7....the app has a bullet library with the manufacturers data on the bullet, there is a lot of bullets in there...my bullet was in there so i went with the G7 BC and it loads the bullet data...so then you tell it MOA or MIL and tell it to send...and it puts that data on the kestrel and the profile stays on the phone
my 2700 only holds 1 profile at a time....where the other 5700 and up hold 3 i think and they tell you a lot more stuff too...but the simplicity of the 2700 works for me...it is quick and dirty...no clutter to think about
anyway when you use it (2700) you tell it the yardage and point it into the wind for a read, and then you point it at the target for a bearing, push the button and it gives you a solution.....in the background it is doing pressure, humidity, temp, wind speed and direction (it has a compass built in that you calibrate on initial start up) so i would think the jump you talked about could be calculated too....not sure ....but it knows the wind speed and direction 1/4- 1/2- 3/4- full value and the target direction
all this stuff you said about the little differences i get ,, when i was working we called it tolerance stacking.....it keeps building until it dont fit
not sure what drag model kestrel uses but im sure they did their home work and it is as good as it can be
not saying the kestrel is the end all to shooting solutions... and the math sometimes makes my head hurt...do i think you need to know how you got there old school?? yep......but these new toys sure do make it easy to get there too and if the info you put in is right then it will give you a better solution ...i think... than just winging it... so i see where the truing can make a better ballistic model to use...as long as it is updated for the day you are using it....pressure, temp, humidity, air density, change so flight characteristics change...so change the numbers to make the ballistic calculations work seems logical to me, as long as they run true
you guys for sure have a WAY better handle on the math part than i do...and this toy makes it easy for me in the field to make good informed calls....not so much for the short shots but for the 400 yrd shots...i need all the help i can get for a small target
i do love this round table interaction with you guys...im gona get another coffee, you guys want anything while im up...lol
ocharry