Ballistic question from a newbie

Thank you everyone for such good advices
turned out that he meant something different

I plan to use the Hornady ballistic calculator. It can be downloaded free on your smartphone.https://www.hornady.com/team-hornady...alculators/#!/

Personally, I have not used them yet because I am still conducting test loads at the range and then determining my ideal MV with the chronograph before using it.

Here is a website for reviews comparing ballistic calculators. But I think a quick search on long-range hunting or sniper hide would have good reviews too on which to choose.

https://www.range365.com/10-best-bal...lculator-apps/

I hope this helps
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thanks a lot mate
my best guess was to google something and bring on range whatever I could find
I even find some old ballistic ruler ( with lots of measurements and stuff ) at Craigslist
Turned out he meant the https://hitxapp.com
this thing never come up on the search results so there was no chance I could have guessed myself
even more, after the whole day at range and even with the help of instructor I couldn't understand even the basics of handling this thing.
Next time he sad that I could bring whatever I find better with me so I will check out your app as well.
Cheers
 
Sandra, what are you shooting? A rifle I assume.

What ranges are you shooting? 100-300-1000 yards? or what?

I am still trying to figure out why you are messing around with a ballistics calculator.
 
Welcome back. I was beginning to fear that we had scared you off.

sandrabsh said:
Next time he sad that I could bring whatever I find better with me so I will check out your app as well.
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The problem is that they all do pretty much the same thing, so if this one is too much for you at this stage in your shooting education, any other app will probably also be too much for you. This is why I posted above that I feared your instructor was feeding you too much, too soon.

Not to replace your instructor but perhaps to supplement him/her, there are some exceptionally well-qualified long-range rifle shooters on this site (not me, I never shoot more than a couple or three hundred yards because we just don't have ranges around here that go that far. I think the longest in the state is -- or was, it may have shut down -- 300 yards, and most are 100 yards) who will probably be very happy to help answer any questions you may have.

It would help us to help you if you would explain what you are shooting, at what distance, what you have for a scope (if you're using a scope), and what your experience level really is. In your opening post you described yourself as a "newbie," but that apparently means different things to different people because I don't think a true newbie should be messing around with ballistic calculators, and others in this discussion disagreed with me (rather strongly).
 
The newer generations love these technologies, it keeps them interested and they shoot amazingly well when using it.
I'm in my 50's and far from being a Luddite but I like the shooting sports to get away from my phone and computers.
You can't use technology to learn the mental game of winning competitions btw.
 
I don't compete but a competition shooting coach recommended this book to me. I highly recommend it for those who do compete. The author was an Olympic shooter. "With Winning in Mind" by Lanny Bassham.
 
For Newbie Shooters, I recommend the following. They are free on the internet.

Avanti by Daisy, https://www.daisy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Daisy-Ten-Lesson-Curriculum.pdf.

Rifle Positions by the Civilians Marksmanship Program: http://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploads/TeachingRiflePositions.pdf

Junior Shooter's Guide to Air Rifle Safety by the CMP: http://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploads/JrSafetyGuidetoARSafety.pdf?ver-051817

Shooter's Guide to Position Air Rifle by the American Legion: https://archive.legion.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12203/6006/aa002078.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
 
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