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What
Others Have To Say About Exbal:
Steve Hugel - Fall 2002
Gerald, thanks for the Exbal ballistics program. Greg Tannel @ Gre'-Tan
Rifles put this XP 6.5-284 together for me 3 days before the Colo. Bighorn
sheep season began due to a holdup in the procurement of the stock. I
had several loads ready to go using Hornady's 129 gr. SST. One load went
into 3/4 M.O.A. @ 2950 f.p.s. m.v. With only one day remaining before
season, I punched the figures into your program, and optimized the Ballistic
Plex reticle in the Burris 3-12X LER pistol scope. I ran out to the range
again, ran in the clicks to obtain the required 200 yd. zero, and took
2 shots each at 275 + 400 yds. to verify impact points on the reticle
according to Exbal. It was right on the money. 5 days into the hunt a
3/4 X 7/8ths curl ram presented me with a 300 yd. opportunity. Seconds
later the bullet struck perfectly behind the shoulder. I only wish you
could have been there to help pack it out 3 miles at 11,000 ft. Thanks
again for contributing to a successful once-in-a-lifetime hunt.
Steve Hugel
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Update from Steve - February 2003
Using the same long range pistol and scope, Steve bagged a coyote at 906
yards (measured via laser). Steve used Exbal to optimize trajectories out
to 600 yards. However this coyote would not come any closer and would not
respond to calling. So rather than miss the chance, Steve dialed in the
come ups calculated by Exbal for 900 yards, got a good steady hold using
his Harris bipod and his knee for grip support, and then squeezed off a
perfect shot hitting the coyote in the middle of the chest. Steve may be
appearing in some future Hornady publications.
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Sniper's
Paradise
The Exbal program that Gerald Perry installed into my
Palm is a new version of the Exbal desktop software program
that I have used extensively. The desktop is easy to use
and very accurate. I was delighted to have a version on
a Palm that could be taken into the field and used as
I was shooting. Desktop software is nice, but the non-portability
is troublesome at times. Changing conditions will dictate
that you use different data than what is on your printout.
The key to using the Palm version is inputting accurate,
real time information into the system. I recently field-tested
this unit at a match at the Badlands Training facility
in Granfield, Oklahoma. During range sessions the day
before the competition, the winds were blowing at 15 and
gusts to 25. The Palm Exbal software worked flawlessly
even under continually changing conditions. The drift
and drop data was spot on.
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The
dope that is necessary for a shooter at extended ranges
changes on a minute to minute basis, and Exbal was up
to the task. I won that competition, scoring first round
hits at every target distance out to 1000 yards. I did
not have to carry a data book. All data is real time,
instant, and accurate. It was a bit disconcerting to trust
the software, and ignore gut feelings concerning wind.
It is analogous to a pilot having to trust the instruments
during bad weather. However, it did work, and I ended
up with first position in the match.
Jacob Bynum
Director
Sniper’s Paradise
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