Its been mentioned in passing on a few threads by folks like Rastoff and others, but I thought this was worth its own thread.

If you want to plink, shoot cans, and make steel targets make noise you don't need 5 shot groups that a quarter will cover, but if you want to shoot competitively or, like me, want to put venison in the freezer with your AR or any otner rifle, you need to be spot on, and this handy little computer application will help.

Shoot a target, take a pic and send it to your computer or scan it in, and you'll have results like this in less than 5 minutes:
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The tool is called the On Target Precision Calculator, and can be downloaded at On Target Precision Calculator

There is a free version, but the paid version is only $12.00 and it gives you a number of extra options.

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The other thing I like about this program is that it takes the BS out of measuring groups. If you have some reference, like an 8.5" wide piece of paper, it can tell you the group size quite precisely.

It may seem like work, but it's really easy to use.

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I*'ll have a screen capture video of using it on the above target to show how simple it is up in the next day or so on this thread...I think. Can we put video files up, or do I need to upload it to my YouTube channel and then add the YT link here? I'd rather do a direct video file here so I don't have to add all the intro/outro bells and whistles so it makes my YT channel look good...

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I don't know if you can attach video files. I've always used youtube.

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For real??? If you are striving to shoot a quarter 5 times, and then intend to use that bench style in real world hunting..... you'd better hope that quarter is not moving!!
Or, in other words- try to shoot deer bigger than a quarter, and you will do just fine shooting a pie plate at 100 yards.

Neat app. And yes, practice is a good thing. But by far, being well rounded and a good shooter from standing, offhand will put more meat in the freezer than prone, and setting up for the perfect shot. While anyone can do that; just lay there and watch a feeder until a deer rolls in from the tree line, it's a whole other operation to take them when they cross paths in back of you, and are scooting for cover. Better to be a good snap shooter, and yes, a pie plate will do the job every time.

Yeah rojo, for real.

As I said in the first post, its a great tool for competition shooters AND for hunters.

How for hunters? Well, I dunno about you, but I've never taken a gun that is new, or new to me, and gone hunting with it without checking how it shoots first. That would be a good way to have the woods full of wounded deer and a freezer empty of venison.

Even a huinter needs to check the accuracy of his gun occasionally, wouldn't you think?

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Here's the video of how to use the On Target Precision Calculator utility:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqHt...ature=youtu.be

On Target Precision Calculator

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I agree with this, and agreed it's a good app. What I was pointing toward is that already there are many. many shooters who hunt, and when they do so, they can't put the beans to a large animal well, with confidence because they never practice real world shooting. In tight quarters like your wooded areas, a quick acquisition of the target and sending a shot immediately is the deal. Where I am, animals in open areas don't tend to sit still for long, and either you are shooting a mover, or you have to be very ready and ABLE to take advantage of when an animal slows, stops, or turns to give you an ideal shot. Bench shooting is only good for putting the beans in the mark. Once that is achieved, it's time to practice really SHOOTING the rifle.

I bench shoot, and after 35 years of shooting and hunting, the #1 mistake I see is a hunter who has a clear shot, but spends too much time looking to shoot that 1 hair that is out of place or a different color in the hot zone, whereas a very successful hunter finds his mark and the gun says 'Bang'. That fast. I see more shots simply not taken for just this reason, and many less productive shots taken when the animal decides it's had enough of sitting around waiting to die, and then the hunter is FORCED to take a lesser shot with badly broken concentration.

All hunters have done it. The better ones tend to wash that bad habit right out of their system.

Nice vid Bob.

I would like to point out one other feature, the zoom. Once you have one or two holes input, you can click the Zoom Group button. The picture will zoom in to the group you're working on. This makes inputting bullet holes easier. Of course you can zoom in even before the first hole is put in by just using the regular zoom button.

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