how good is the hornady ballistic calculator?

[lpreddick]

i'v used this free service for all my ballistic charts and my personal longest shot was 530 yds. on sat we were on a ridge overlooking two large and long fields. we shot 3, longest at 381 yds. there was a lull in the killing, so i was glassing all the hills and there in a private cemetery was a ghog sitting on a gravestone. my leica 1600 ranged it at 636 yds! my buddy had the 381 yd kill with his 6x47 lapua shooting 70 nbt at about 3700 fps, so i suggested he take the shot. only problem was i had done his ballistic chart to only 600yds. i'v done a lot of these charts so i had a feel for how much each click would elevate his range, so i guessed the number of clicks to reach 636 yds. a very slight wind so he held on his tail and sent it...could not hear the splatt but i saw the sucker roll over DEAD!!! it continues to amaze me as to how fast bullets reach the target. when i got home i ran the numbers on his chart out to 700 yds and the chart actually had a range for 636 yds...1/8 min more than my guess!!! luck, skill, devine intervention or as we occasionly say in NE tenn..."even a blind hog occasionally finds an acorn." i finished the day with a 13# 8 oz male...largest to date.

 

[CaptainMal]

So you answered your question.

Good!

 

[40X Guy]

I love the Hornady BC program, its free, easy and quick. Use it all the time and print out hard copies for my varmint rifles, and midrange GH rifles. Its spot on using the advanced feature..

Frank