New ballistics program for Android phones

[Bryan Litz Ballistics]

I'd like to make everyone aware of a new ballistics program that's available for download on the Android phone. The program is called 'Shooter' and can be found in the Google market place by searching for 'Ballistics'.

This program does it all. Here is a list of features:
* G1 and G7 BC capability, with the option to input 'velocity banded' BCs.
* Bullet Library which includes my measured BC's.
* Rifle and ammo profiles that let you store information about your guns and loads for quick and easy recall.
* Atmosphere effects (pressure, temp, and humidity). This program has the most intuitive input scheme for entering pressure/altitude, it's very hard to get it wrong.
* Spin drift (requires bullet length and twist rate inputs)
* Coriolis effect (the phone can use it's GPS to find your location for this feature)
* You can use the phone's built-in inclinometer to measure your 'look-angle' to the target.
* Outputs are available as a single shot solution or as a table.

I was heavily involved in the development of this program and can vouch for the accuracy of the solution. The actual solver is very similar to the one used in my programs and in JBM. Shooter's calculations match mine and JBM within round-off error (0.1" at 1000 yards).

Here are some screenshots of the inputs:

And here is the single shot output, then the table output:

I became interested in this program when I got my Android phone. The phone is awesome, and the program is easy to install and run. There is a 'lite' version of Shooter that you can download for free, and the 'full' version is $9.99. The images above are from the full version.

There are several good programs out there for iPhone, and for PDA's. Shooter is the first program I know of for Android, and in my opinion, it won't be topped by anything else. If you have an Android, I highly recommend checking out this application.

Here's a link to more info:
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/tools/shooter-ballistics_fqyd.html?related

-Bryan

 

[blawton]

This is a great and easy program to use. I never thought i could have something this powerful on my cell phone.

 

[JRinCo]

The market for cell phones with apps is really heating up, soon LG and all of the rest will have similar devices. So as this evolves, will this program be updated to operate on all of the different models.
Thanks
Jerry

 

[blawton]

The market for cell phones with apps is really heating up, soon LG and all of the rest will have similar devices. So as this evolves, will this program be updated to operate on all of the different models.
Thanks
Jerry

As long as you are running the android OS yes it will work. Not saying that all the functions will work but i bet most will work on any platform phone with this Operating System.

 

[Luke_NL]

Reviving this topic:

What ballistic solvers are you gentleman using on Android phones/tablets, if any? I've downloaded Strelok (free version) but the input options are marginal and output differs from what JBM calculates under same. As far as I know, JBM calc's are only out as I-phone apps.

Any good tips on an app that (p.i.) hits the mark? Don't mind paying for something, as long as it's worth it. So far I've seen prices from 6.95 to >20 USD, so unless price does not correlate to quality I'm assuming vast differences.

Any help is much appreciated.

 

[284driver]

Shooter is the way to go. Strelok is free but not so good.
My come ups have been spot in. Set it up to populate your true atmospheric conditions and voila. Bang away. Kudos to the developer and Bryan Litz. A couple of new phone aren't working with it though. I think the Samsung s3 or s4 last I checked. Read the profile in the market before downloading it. They are working on a fix.

 

[Nvreloader]

bsl135,

Is this the same "Shooter" program that is for use on the Mini IPad type of PDA's?

Or is this a Completely NEW program, just released?

If you have bought the Old program, what will be the new versions cost?

I have most all of the programs out there on my I Pad and I compare them against each other,
most of the time they are close, but not ALWAYS.

Tia,
Don

 

[hmcsr]

Shooter is the way to go. Strelok is free but not so good.
My come ups have been spot in. Set it up to populate your true atmospheric conditions and voila. Bang away. Kudos to the developer and Bryan Litz. A couple of new phone aren't working with it though. I think the Samsung s3 or s4 last I checked. Read the profile in the market before downloading it. They are working on a fix.

Works great on my Samsung Galaxy S3.
Bill 8)

 

[284driver]

Shooter is the way to go. Strelok is free but not so good.
My come ups have been spot in. Set it up to populate your true atmospheric conditions and voila. Bang away. Kudos to the developer and Bryan Litz. A couple of new phone aren't working with it though. I think the Samsung s3 or s4 last I checked. Read the profile in the market before downloading it. They are working on a fix.

Works great on my Samsung Galaxy S3.
Bill 8)

Its the s4 and note 2 that are having compatibility issues then.

 

[desilva]

this isnt a new app i had this on my old iphone ages ago. it maybe new to the android market though. its ok but there are a couple of other apps that are as accurate if not more so out there (for my guns anyway).

 

[284driver]

this isnt a new app i had this on my old iphone ages ago. it maybe new to the android market though. its ok but there are a couple of other apps that are as accurate if not more so out there (for my guns anyway).

And you're not going to specify which apps you recommend?

 

[savageshooter86]

I did not see the free "lite" version?

 

[Luke_NL]

hehe, confusion all around. Guess that teaches me to start anew rather than dig up old threads. This thread originated in 2010?

In my defence, I was hoping to avoid the "there is a search button" kind of thread.

I've played around with strelok and will have a look at "shooter". Really I was hoping for someone to point me to a solver that employs the JBM calc's, but so far I've only seen their apps for Iphone. Most gun nuts I know have better taste than that ;D

 

[284driver]

There isn't a lite version for shooter.

 

[flatlander]

I've used Shooter on my iPad & droid phone, along with printouts from Bryan Litz's Point Mass Solver included with both editions of his LR ballistics books. There's generally a little difference in the output from Shooter & PMS, at least once you get out much past 800yds.

More often than not, I'll estimate what I expect the enviromentals to be when printing out results from the PMS, since cell reception is very sketchy at the LR Precision Rifle match I shoot most often. When I do use Shooter on the droid at this place, often, it comes up with some rather weird data for wind & temps, and since I haven't figured out how to deal with this, and we're under time limits, I just use the data on the PMS printout. More often than not, the PMS printout will net me hits out to 1400yds, so until I figure out where the droid's getting the atmospheric data, I'll have to depend on the printout.

 

[284driver]

I've used Shooter on my iPad & droid phone, along with printouts from Bryan Litz's Point Mass Solver included with both editions of his LR ballistics books. There's generally a little difference in the output from Shooter & PMS, at least once you get out much past 800yds.

More often than not, I'll estimate what I expect the enviromentals to be when printing out results from the PMS, since cell reception is very sketchy at the LR Precision Rifle match I shoot most often. When I do use Shooter on the droid at this place, often, it comes up with some rather weird data for wind & temps, and since I haven't figured out how to deal with this, and we're under time limits, I just use the data on the PMS printout. More often than not, the PMS printout will net me hits out to 1400yds, so until I figure out where the droid's getting the atmospheric data, I'll have to depend on the printout.

Do you have automatic atmosphere checked? In places with sketchy or no cell service you turn automatic atmosphere off and populate atmospheric conditions from a kestrel or other device manually. I use the nws to get forecast conditions for different periods of the day via internet before losing service then populate it manually. . Nws data is pretty close.