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To start with: for a regular shooter what follows is perfectly useless. You have been warned. Who may be interested then? – People who write their own ballistic calculators, or people who want to have an idea of how a particular bullet, according to manufacturer’s data, behaves in transonic...

In the recent years very decent optics got much more affordable. I have always been very conservative, as far as optics go -- bought expensive, proven models, and kept them for a long time. But since quite some time I started wondering whether high-end models available here in Europe are worth...

After the initial joy of owning a magnificent new Sako S20 rifle, comes the awkward "I should have taken a Tikka" moment – this is when the new owner inspects the optics mounting rails. There is a problem with the original bits of picatinny in front and behind the ejection port. Actually, three...

Yes, it is possible. Yes, it does work. I have put together some code to calculate G7 ballistic coefficients from Labradar tracks. The tool is available here: https://bc.geladen.ch/labrabaco/labrabaco.html It all runs in your browser, there is nothing to install, and it's free and open source...

EDIT 2021-04-24: the calculator is available, check this thread -- https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/labrabaco-a-g7-bc-calculator-from-labradar-tracks.7074446/ *** Dear happy owners of Labradar devices, As a new happy owner of a Labradar device, I could not resist playing with the...

(if the subject was already raised here, please disregard) S&B have recently released a very compact 5-20 PM II scope: 5-20x50 PM II Ultra Short Looks like a sweet little toy (I wish they made a similarly compact 3-12x). Did anyone had a chance to play with it? Any first-hand...

How to hit your target at significant (> 10 degrees) uphill or downhill inclination without an electronic ballistic solver? We have all heard of the Rifleman's Rule and "equivalent horizontal distance". I have heard of it too, and took it for granted, until faced with a situation where the...

And here we go again: Yours truly, a shooter from Switzertland, mostly 300m rifle, but also anything else that goes bang. Relatively inexperienced at the long range game, I am here to learn and to share what I have learned. In advance I apologise for spelling, grammar and style -- English is...