SureShot
Have you ever sat on top of ridge looking down into a basin at a big old 6x6
bull and wondered where you would have to hold to put bullet in his boiler
room? You sighted in your rifle at home and shot enough to know the
trajectory intimately at the nice flat range in 80 degree weather a thounsand
feet above sea level. Unfortunately, now the bull of a lifetime is 435
yds away from you on a balmy 10 degree afternoon 13000 ft above sea level and
600 ft below you and you don't have a clue where your bullet will be when it
get's there so you have to pass on the opportunity. Sound familiar?
I'm not suggesting that everyone that reads this has any business taking that
shot but if it's within your capabilities I have a tool that will help you take
that shot with a lot more confidence.
SureShot is a Pocket PC program that uses your load sight-in or
zero data in conjunction with current weather conditions and shot parameters to
accurately predict precisely where your bullet will be at any given Line of
Sight distance. It accomplishes this by calculating the minutes of angle
of elevation required to produce the zero impact under the conditions
specified and then recalculates the trajectory path based on this elevation
with the entered shot condition parameters. If you would like to play
with the concept here on the site to see how it works just go to the
Advanced Ballistics Calculator
and play with some loads and the SureShot online demo by clicking on the
SureShot tab.
The Pocket PC programs uses the saved load data to define the zero base for
your trajectory. It may be refreshed whenever you have access to the
internet from your Pocket PC through a built-in download function based on the
username and password you created to use the advanced features of the
Ballistics Calculator.
System Requirements:
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Pocket PC 2002 (requires the Compact .Net Framework +-2.5 MB)
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Pocket PC 2003 (Compact .Net Framework is included in ROM)
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Advanced Ballistics Calculator login
Getting started
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Download and install the Compact .Net Framework from
Microsoft if required.
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Enjoy...
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