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Can anyone recommend a ballistic app. Been using Strelok Pro but it is no longer supported, at least for the moment. I have read that Chairgun may have used some of Strelock’s data without paying for it, so not sure I want to go that route.

JBM or BulletDrop + is what I keep on my phone.

I have “Ballistic” pn my phone and Ipad. I like it because it’s easy to change parameters and see the differences. Eg, what if I zero at 225 yards vs 200, how will the POI at 400 yards change? What does a different scope mounting height do? How about the angle above or below horizontal? (It has a real time protractor function btw).

It’s a red and white bullseye on the app store.

I have Applied Ballistic on my phone

I have Ballistic AE and the Hornady 4dof apps on my phone.

Nice to have both as the 4dof doesn't always have the bullet profile, but I prefer 4dof if it does.

Thanks for the suggestions, I will check them out.

Ballistic AE works well.

John

Ballistic AE, if you use iOS.

Another Ballistic AE fan here.

I use both Hornady and Strelok

Ballistic AE

Does ballistic ae sync with local weather stations?

Yes. It can also use the onboard barometer.

Ballistic ae is top notch

Do all these apps intergrate with a kestrel?

Some of them do.

I added Ballistic AE so far I am a little confused. I definitely like Strelok pro. But I am used to it. I am looking at others.
I hope that Strelok continues to work.

I was just at the range yesterday checking my drops against the Hornady 4dof app, and it was right on the money out to the longest target I had available. I look forward to stretching the barrel out to 5, 6 , and 700 yards in the future to see if it still measures up.

Have enjoyed and been very successful with Shooter on my phones the past 15 years. I became a Kestrel 5700 Elite convert two years back. Stand alone or I bluetooth it quite often with my Leica Geovid 10x32 Pros and get instant, super accurate dope and wind. Using just the dope and wind pulled out of the Pro's on several occasions i've made first round impacts with my 300 PRC and 208 gr LRX at 550, 800, 1060 and 1117 yds.

Alan

Long story, but I had Strelock Pro (it was great!)and lost it (thanks Joey).

Then I went to 4DOF, it’s okay, but it doesn’t have near the features Strelock did. Granted, there are some extras you can pay for.

Then I tried Ballistic AE, now I’m a bit of a luddite, but it’s the least intuitive damn thing I’ve ever monkeyed with. Reading the reviews, it’s supposed to be wonderful, but damned if I can figure it out.

Hate to do it, but I’m about to download the Strelock knock-off until the real thing comes back.

You don’t hear a lot of talk about it, but I use Shooter. It’s very intuitive and simple. It doesn’t have the best bullet library so sometimes I have to manually enter a projectile. I have found if you enter the data correctly it delivers good solutions. Last week I had some people at the range and I was showing them how it could be pretty easy to do and we set up several rifles, shot true zeros while using a LabRadar so we had real velocities. We then measured height over bore and entered it all into Shooter. We then compared the density altitude from my Kestrel to Shooter using the weather station and they were both within 200 feet so good to go. We started verifying the rifles from 300 out to 1200 yards at 100 yard intervals. Worked flawlessly and matched my Kestrel data. Good data in and reliable solutions out. I’ve done this exercise more than once and it’s always worked.

So far I have been lucky and can still use StrelokPro.
I did download Ballistic AE but I do not care for it much. Probably just not used to it.

Thanks

Lucky with StrelokPro, until this phone breaks.

My gun plumber, former USMC. Mechanical Engineer now, uses Shooter and swears by it. Quite a few we shot PRS with use it as I recall. I'll switch to it when I need to make a switch.

Shooter is pretty good, but I definitely prefer AE.

I find it plum AMAZING,that someone could be stumped by AE. Hint.................

Not everybody is running an iOS device.

I use Shooter and really like it. Also have StrelokPro and enjoy it. Download JBM and it will give you very good firing solution’s too plus it’s free. If you put the right information in most apps should give you the proper firing solutions. I check Shooter and StrelokPro against each other all the time and their solutions are always even or a click or two apart from each other. JBM is a great way to go if you want a free app and it has great outputs too. Never have tried AB as the solutions I got from these apps have been satisfactory.

Yeah, some of us just aren't that fashionable.

GeoBallistics is decent and quite beginner/user friendly.

Doesn’t the Leica geovids have all this stuff combined in their unit? I thought it pulled barometric data for the dope automatically? Except wind of course. I use the new swaro ta el range and it’s supposed to do it as well. Just haven’t really tried it out all the way yet.

For simplicity, I like the Bullet Drop app. It is free and does all that I need.

Have been using Shooter for some 15 years. I use it mostly for easy comparisons and verification of DOPE numbers. In the field and competition, Kestrel 5700 Elite. With it's ability to bluetooth to my Leica Geovid Pro's, I can get live or at least very recently obtain environmentals, giving more precise DOPE.

Shooter.

Disclaimer -- I can't hit a Red Bull at 1.5 miles.

Buddy of mine got me started on Strelok Pro. He recently got a new iPhone and lost it due the political crap. I just got a new phone (Samsung) and Strelok transferred over just fine. I'll keep using it...