Consistently wrong balistic calculator

[ResearchinStuff]

I bet the rokslide sponsors care about the lost sales and stagnant inventory, hence my question.

 

[j43097]

how repeatable is the 13% error?

Yup. its always been 100% consistent, it just would never match with a ballistic calculator. I have my confirmed values for 100- 600 yards written. Worked well over the weekend perfect heart shot on a mule deer at 400. I just want to be able to use a calculator instead of extrapolating. The other down side being the sub tension on my reticle will not be consistent with dialing. I suppose I could just use my reticle with the calculator but it was an expensive scope and I want it to work.

 

[WCB]

small potatoes but it is more like a 10% error. Scope is MOA you measured inches. Still way too much

 

[ResearchinStuff]

glad it didn't ruin your hunt. no way would that scope still be mounted if I owned it.

 

[evergreenethos]

I was getting my butt kicked by a similar issue recently and a friend had to sort me out. I had both the sight height and zero height set, zero height had to be 0. I use the Applied Ballistics app.

 

[wind gypsy]

Yup. its always been 100% consistent, it just would never match with a ballistic calculator. I have my confirmed values for 100- 600 yards written. Worked well over the weekend perfect heart shot on a mule deer at 400. I just want to be able to use a calculator instead of extrapolating. The other down side being the sub tension on my reticle will not be consistent with dialing. I suppose I could just use my reticle with the calculator but it was an expensive scope and I want it to work.

Sounds like there are other issues with data in the ballistic calc or the error is not consistent through the scope adjustments because 5.25 MOA to 7.7 MOA is a long ways off from a consistent 10% error.

Total error through 19 MOA of travel dialed may not be at a consistent rate throughout the 19 MOA.

 

[j43097]

Sounds like there are other issues with data in the ballistic calc or the error is not consistent through the scope adjustments because 5.25 MOA to 7.7 MOA is a long ways off from a consistent 10% error.

Total error through 19 MOA of travel dialed may not be at a consistent rate throughout the 19 MOA.

I got what your saying. No I'm not sure it is a consistent predictable error through say 30 MOA of dialing. I don't think I could add a compensation into the ballistic app to make it work. I just seem to be able to return to the same dialed value with consistent hits under similar conditions. There may be other issue in the calculation as well but I'm not gonna chase it now that I know the scope is not going to stick around anyway.

 

[j43097]

Well its certainly wonky in every adjustment not just the large value ones. But i haven't gone through and calculated the difference at each MOA of adjustment. not willing to waste that much ammo. Just needed to know the scope was the problem.