I Love This App!!!!
I am an avid hunter and I take great pride in knowing EXACTLY where my bullet is going when I pull the trigger. I dislike making creatures suffer. I also hate chasing wounded boar through the swamps at night. Watching them drop in their tracks is far more humane - and a lot safer for me!
I have many rifles in calibers from .22LR up to .44Mag. I do not shoot game a mile away or even 1000 yds away. I live in more of a jungle environment in the SE USA. Rarely is there a shot opportunity in excess of 200 yds. This app has proven to be quite accurate in that realm and has saved me a lot of time and ammo at the gun range.
I have a rather complex spreadsheet that computes the ballistics for each caliber rifle that I own. It also has my reticles contained within the spreadsheet. For any sight-in range that I pick, the program populates the reticle labels with correct range that corresponds to the appropriate reticle mark. Its an awesome tool, but lugging all that printed data around in a spiral notebook is a real pain.
With this app, I dont have to lug anything around. Its all on my phone! I have all of my rifle data stored in the cloud along with each cartridge that I use. If the cartridge isnt in the iSnipe library, I build my own custom bullet. Its very simple to do using manufacturers data found on line. The ballistics data from this app matches my spreadsheet almost exactly and both products accurately reflect the physical reality observed at the gun range.
I personally have no gripes about the app. Ive read some reviews about the weather input not working. Ive spot tested my weather input and it seems to work fine. The temp does always reset to Celsius but that doesnt preclude using the app. But honestly, I dont use the weather input much. Wind is the biggest factor. And if its too windy, I dont try to sight-in any rifles nor do I try to hunt.
I have just two wishes.
1. I wish it had an option to build user-defined reticles so that various scopes could be selected - just like guns and cartridges can be mixed and matched now. Right now I have to store my spreadsheet reticle data as photos on my phone. It would be far better to have that reticle data stored within the app so that I could change it as required.
2. Id also like to see a straight line added to the bullet path curve that represents the muzzle angle. Single-shot zeroing can become a reality with that simple addition.
BTW, Thanks for adding the OPBZ calculation in a past update! I use that feature all the time.
Great work on this app! Keep the upgrades coming!
JustAHunter about
iSnipe, v4.1.1