Yes, shooting is as much about skill and even art as it is about knowledge and science. Just a bit of wind is all it takes to blow a shot, literally. However, regardless of how you view computer predictions they are the reason for having ballistic coefficients, and particularly for Berger making the case for G7 ballistic coefficients. Anyone accepting the arguments for G7 might also be interested in knowing about an alternative technique for calculating ballistic coefficients that emphasizes trajectory over rate of drag deceleration. Of course, that assumes hitting the target is the goal.
You seem to be saying there's no point in bringing attention to that alternative technique "because the real world is chaotic and doesn't care about your computer programs", yet you admit to using the G7 BC in calculating trajectory charts at the JBM site. I understand what appears as a contradiction to some as being two sides of the same coin. On one side is the reality of shooting in the field and the other side is the planning and preparing we all do. This topic deals with the planning and preparing side of the long range shooter coin.
