Litz Tests Android OS Ballistics App at Ultra-Long Ranges
Bryan Litz, Ballistician for Berger Bullets and author of Applied Ballistics for Long Range Shooting, has tested the latest version of the Shooter Ballistics Calculator for Android™ OS Smartphones and portable devices. This is a very sophisticated, full featured App that incorporates the latest bullet databases with Litz G7 BCs as well as a wealth of other information. It provides extremely reliable ballistics solutions at all ranges, and in all atmospheric conditions.
Bryan tells us: “The Shooter App has been improving steadily since it was first released and there are many new capabilities now. One of the cool new features is a wireless Bluetooth link to Kestrel Weather Trackers. This can automatically provide the exact atmospherics at your location.”
Bryan used the Shooter App on a trip to Wyoming: “I shot a Sako TRG42 in .338 Lapua Mag to 2400 yards with Berger’s new 300gr hybrids. The dope from the Shooter App was spot on up to 103 MOA of drop using the G7 BC of .419 for that bullet! At 2400 yards, even at 6,000 ft+ elevation, the bullet is subsonic but remained stable and tracked perfectly with the predicted trajectory from Shooter. I don’t know if the same bullet would be stable at sea level when fired at that range or not but it worked well at 6,500 feet.”
Litz Says Shooter App Offers Very Sophisticated Ballistics Solutions
Bryan thinks the Shooter App is extremely accurate: “I consulted on the solver development for Shooter so I can personally vouch for the accuracy of this program. You can set up profiles for rifles and ammo types including calibration factors for scope adjustments, temperature affects on powder burn rate / muzzle velocity, and of course G1 and G7 referenced BCs (you can define a ‘stepped’ BC for both as well). You can set preferences for units, atmospherics, station pressure or altitude, and more. It can calculate spin drift and Coriolis effect, or those features can be disabled. If your smartphone has GPS, the program can automatically populate the latitude for Coriolis calculations.”
Shooter App is just $9.99 — A Bargain Given Its Capabilities
The full-featured Shooter App sells for $9.99 in the Android Apps Marketplace. Visit the Shooter App Website to preview the program’s functions and see how the entry screens work. The App is easy to install and run. There is a also a ‘Lite’ version of SHOOTER that you can download for free.
CLICK HERE for SHOOTER Android OS Ballistics Program.
CLICK HERE for SHOOTER LITE Android OS Ballistics Program.
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Great, so now there’s software for iPhones and Android phones… just waiting for a port to windows mobile
Bryan, looks like you had a great time in Wyoming . Just downloaded this app., great tool ! Sorry you could not make the MR&P Ohio State Mid-range match. Great conditions, check out club website later for scores. jim
At $10 the program should be a no-brainer for those interested in a ballistic program.
Good to see something that’s metric compatible.
One should take special note of example meny picture no 7. If it works as I’m assuming, few programs allows for variable changes and display results that quickly.
@Alapone: http://www.sierrabullets.com/index.cfm?section=new_products&page=2010
I haven’t used the program and information on the website is scarce…
@Thomas
The website does say:
Intutive Solution Display: Elevation, windage and lead solutions are presented in large and easy to see font for your desired correction unit (MOA, IPHY or Mils). Displayed to the right in smaller size are the corrections in the other units. You can easily tap-in changes to distance, wind, wind direction, lead and lead direction or invoke the distance calculator, angle detector or azimuth detector and the solutions will be auto-recomputed upon any changes to input.
@ John
Yep, the Shooter App seems like a good product. I’d buy it if I had an android phone.
I was refering to Alapone/his request for a windows mobile program and Sierra Infinity when I said “information scarce”
What model is the Kestrel machine that was used for this tests?
@ Ivan
It’s a Kestrel 4500 NV.
The Kestrel Bryan used is a K4500.
I have this on my Droid phone… I recently used it for the first time to determine my 1000yd compensation from a 300yd zero (using a 6mm BR). My first shot hit about a foot under the clay bird that was on the back bank, which is 1040yds. When I went to the 1000yd target, I was only two clicks too high (1/2 MOA). That’s impressive in my opinion! That 1/2 MOA difference was probably me not putting 100% accurate information into the Shooter app. Could have been the shifty conditions too. Bottom line – I can’t wait to use it in the field. I think I’ll get more first-shot hits with this tool!
Walt
I did not know the TRG42 would stabilize 300gr VLD.
I agree with (queen_stick)I use this app every time I shoot different distance, and different ranges. You can set your settings for the shooter app to work with the GPS on the Andriod. So it automaticly applies the current conditions from where your at on the globe. I haven’t shot a 1st sighter X with it, but have been in the ten ring at 1000yd a few times on the 1st sighter. I do love this app!