Posted: 1/26/2014 4:41:17 PM EDT
| Anyone know of any software for the Macintosh (not Windows) that can calculate MOA. Software like this |
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Anyone know of any software for the Macintosh (not Windows) that can calculate MOA. Software like this What do you want from this software? "MOA" can be calculated in your head quicker than you could fire up a program. At 100 to 600 yards or more, the approximation starting with 1 minute equals 1 inch at 100 yards is good enough, unless you can estimate 0.3 inches at 600 yards (you can't). To find one minute of angle at any distance, multiply the (distance/100) by 1, or 1.047 if you can't stand the approximation. If you're after exterior ballistics, that's a whole nuther problem. I use the on line solvers at the Hornady and Nosler web sites. If you don't want to use those and want to try one I wrote that works in EXCEL, send an email and I'll send a copy to you. It uses a couple of approximations but the results are so close the difference doesn't matter. |
| What in the heck is OP talking about? I think he means ballistic software but given the fact he doesn't really know what he's talking about I doubt he is at a level where he'd need to use any software. Think long range shooting and bullet flight. OP, if you aren't shooting 500 plus don't waste your time. |
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What in the heck is OP talking about? I think he means ballistic software but given the fact he doesn't really know what he's talking about I doubt he is at a level where he'd need to use any software. Think long range shooting and bullet flight. OP, if you aren't shooting 500 plus don't waste your time. Maybe Hornady Ballistic Calculator? It's free. On line. Not downloadable, but excellent to determine accurate "come ups" both in MOA and mils. Put in bullet weight, BC (ballistic cooefficient), muzzle velocity, your zero distance and how far out you want the chart to go. It produces the ballistics and a separate chart you can cut out and tape to your stock or laminate and tag to your rifle. Hornady Ballistic Calculator Here is the chart for my Barnes 53 grain TSX load at my chosen downrange zero for 600 yards. 
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What in the heck is OP talking about? I think he means ballistic software but given the fact he doesn't really know what he's talking about I doubt he is at a level where he'd need to use any software. Think long range shooting and bullet flight. OP, if you aren't shooting 500 plus don't waste your time. I do know what I am talking about, maybe just phrased the question incorrectly. The software suggested by Drago1836 is what I am looking for, but I need it for a MAC not PC. I'm looking to scan in my targets and get the MOA, this is mainly for display purposes. |
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What do you want from this software? "MOA" can be calculated in your head quicker than you could fire up a program. At 100 to 600 yards or more, the approximation starting with 1 minute equals 1 inch at 100 yards is good enough, unless you can estimate 0.3 inches at 600 yards (you can't). To find one minute of angle at any distance, multiply the (distance/100) by 1, or 1.047 if you can't stand the approximation. If you're after exterior ballistics, that's a whole nuther problem. I use the on line solvers at the Hornady and Nosler web sites. If you don't want to use those and want to try one I wrote that works in EXCEL, send an email and I'll send a copy to you. It uses a couple of approximations but the results are so close the difference doesn't matter. Quoted:
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Anyone know of any software for the Macintosh (not Windows) that can calculate MOA. Software like this What do you want from this software? "MOA" can be calculated in your head quicker than you could fire up a program. At 100 to 600 yards or more, the approximation starting with 1 minute equals 1 inch at 100 yards is good enough, unless you can estimate 0.3 inches at 600 yards (you can't). To find one minute of angle at any distance, multiply the (distance/100) by 1, or 1.047 if you can't stand the approximation. If you're after exterior ballistics, that's a whole nuther problem. I use the on line solvers at the Hornady and Nosler web sites. If you don't want to use those and want to try one I wrote that works in EXCEL, send an email and I'll send a copy to you. It uses a couple of approximations but the results are so close the difference doesn't matter. I am sure he knows what a MOA is at the corresponding distance, he is probably looking for the software where you upload a picture of your target, tell it your caliber and distance, and the software identifies the holes and gives you an exact MOA |
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I am sure he knows what a MOA is at the corresponding distance, he is probably looking for the software where you upload a picture of your target, tell it your caliber and distance, and the software identifies the holes and gives you an exact MOA Quoted:
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Anyone know of any software for the Macintosh (not Windows) that can calculate MOA. Software like this What do you want from this software? "MOA" can be calculated in your head quicker than you could fire up a program. At 100 to 600 yards or more, the approximation starting with 1 minute equals 1 inch at 100 yards is good enough, unless you can estimate 0.3 inches at 600 yards (you can't). To find one minute of angle at any distance, multiply the (distance/100) by 1, or 1.047 if you can't stand the approximation. If you're after exterior ballistics, that's a whole nuther problem. I use the on line solvers at the Hornady and Nosler web sites. If you don't want to use those and want to try one I wrote that works in EXCEL, send an email and I'll send a copy to you. It uses a couple of approximations but the results are so close the difference doesn't matter. I am sure he knows what a MOA is at the corresponding distance, he is probably looking for the software where you upload a picture of your target, tell it your caliber and distance, and the software identifies the holes and gives you an exact MOA That's fine, and that would have been useful information to include in the first post. The software measures the group size and then expresses it in inches, and converts the size to minutes if the distance to the target is input. |
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OP should have told us what part of that program he was wanting to use: Calculating group size. I just used calipers for extreme spread and shoot at known distances. The math ain't hard.
A lot of wasted time spent by several of us looking up links and posting stuff that he did not have use for. Oh well, maybe someone else will find some value in it. |