Took 5 years of watching and trying to shoot and this is just incredible. Just mind blown right now

I was confused for 10 minutes until you fired up scope cam and showed how to do it. Thank you i will use this for hunting for sure

I started using speed drop during an NRL hunter match and it was quick and accurate enough. 65 Creed Speed drop number with 140 eldm at 2742 fps 100 yard zero was 2.2. I slipped my turret on my ZCO 527 to 2.2... so now 2.2 mils was now my new 100 yard zero... and i could simply dial to the yardage. example 450 yards dial 4.5, 529 yards dial 5.3, 629 yards dial 6.3, speed drop was with in 0.1 mil from 300-850 yards with this bullet and velocity. Another way to use speed drop... leave turret on 100 yard zero...Dial range and subtract speed drop number. example 750 yard range minus 2.2. 7.5-2.2=5.3 mils NRL hunter match Day 1 I did not use speed drop an di had to look at my dope card nearly every target engagement and this took up time. Day 2 using speed drop I only had to reference a dope card outside the 300-850 yard ranges which wasn't to many times. I will agree this isnt for a PRS type match as those targets can be pretty small but for 10-12 inch and larger targets it worked well.

Nice video Ray. It builds on the concept of zeroing range where the trajectory of the projectile stays within the target zone throughout that distance and then using ballistic table information to extend that beyond the zero range.

I get blown away on what a Kestrel can help with. About to buy one.

Excellent demonstration of this. Having heard this an explained to me by x-ring, I can vouch this works (literally tried it while on the phone) . It is spot on. Another great tool to use when needed

Incredible content and information!! Please keep doing what you’re doing. I greatly appreciate your experience and explications.

Super cool information Thanks Ray!

Nice demo, Ray. Great information.

Great video, very imformative. Somehow I missed this one when you first posted it. After seeing the Scar 20 one I searched this one out and am happy I did, thanks again for doing these videos.

Great info and presentation as well always!

Great information Ray. Good luck at the match this weekend. Thanks

Another great informative video Ray!!

I thank you sir . I did not know anything about this . And it will help me when I try out other disciplines in the shooting world

Awesome! Now I just need some range time to go play. Keep up the great work!

Ray, you just blew my mind. I've watched plenty of your videos and this one made my mind go BOOM. You are right, watching Accuracy First instructional videos are awesome, but can be like sitting in a trig class in high school and your brain starts to glaze over with numbness while the plethora of information is being dropped on you. In fact, your explanation is making me want to go back and watch those videos with Todd and Colby again because the light switch was just turned on. Your video here on Speed Drop was perfect. Thank you for what you do in trying to educate the community with what you have learned over the years. We all appreciate it!

This is pretty cool for sure and great video as always keepem coming brother!!!

This is freaking awesome. Thank you so much for sharing!

This is all new to me. Looks very intriguing. Can't wait to give it a try. Thanks for the video. Be Safe.

same principle as shooting distance through a loop. good info. good video.

Pretty cool. I never heard of that. Thanks for the info.

Great explanation. Good shooting this coming weekend. 👍😇✌

How did I not know ANY of this? Hmmmmmmmmm. Very interesting and great presentation. I could actually shoot this (my scope is MOA however). Thanks Ray for bringing us along!!

will be trying at the range,as always awesome info.

Ray you are making your cool toys more of a need than a want. 🤣. Thanks for the information and the search terms.

That's something I didn't know Only just having got a kestrel and still working on getting the best out of it Great video as always 👍👍

Thanks Ray, nice simple video. This method absolutely works. I used it Monday on my local 770 yard range. I don't have a Kestrel so I used Strelok Pro to figure my speed drop. Takes some time but it was right on. I'm shooting a 6mm arc bolt gun by DPG. Dialed 2.4 mils and made first shot hits 400-770 yards using my reticle just as demonstrated in the video. Very quick way to engage targets. I'm going to try it out to 850 yards on the next range trip.

Wow!!! Thanks for the crash course.

Great video! Thanks.

wow man what a great video thanks for the info, Now I have to buy a kestrel for hunting!

Extremely useful information

Great video, I learned something!

Great information!

HOLY BUFFALO... That is mind blowing.. I have a H-591 reticle, On Monday, I will be able to try this, I will burrow a Kestrel from a buddy to get the info, and bring some tools to be able to drop my zero stop to open or back a few mils, but either way, I can't wait to experiment with this. I don't mind holding or dialing, but, this smaller bandwidth of simplicity is amazing. I really want to see what the bandwidth of the 6.5 PRC will be.. My luck, like everything else I have done that is backwards, will only be 340yds to 450yds..LOL... I want to see what, if anything at all will change, from the morning time environments, to the noon time environments if that number will change on the ( negative zero stop) from humidity, to temp, raising or lowering how far the bullet drop is. I imagine, noon time, the number will get larger, or rather, further negative on the stop. I could very well be 100% wrong on how I imagine the calculations are being computated in the Kestrel... either way.. This was cool. Thank you.

Good to know! Thanks for sharing!

Very useful for a Hunting situation! 👊😎🇺🇸

Wow. This blew my freaking mind. I really need to save my pennies and make the time to go take some classes with Todd Hodnett at Accuracy 1st.. Thank you so much for sharing this!

Speed drop is great that’s all I use on my 6.5 when hunting drop 1.8 mills dial yardage and shoot, shot my elk at 430m held 4.3mills in the scope and poured the lead to him one shot and done, actually held 4 and just held a touch high , I’m good out to 746 meters and will be within about .2 mills ,229 is close range then you have to hold a few inch’s high if you go below that ,I’m good to 746 +/- meters depending on the density altitude

That's amazing . For someone who's never heard of this process it's like magic . Knowledge is only powerful when its shared . Thanks for sharing ! Nice to see Matt too . Don't be such a stranger !

Pretty cool I like it. Sounds easy to use.

Brilliant from over the pond🇬🇧,you chaps are spoiled for equipment the raptor Wilcox what a game changer,we have nothing or anything that would compete with that unit👍

awesome. great information.

Again with your insight into this world it is amazing. Thanks for sharing with us Mr Ray. Does this this work for the 22lr as well ? If so what’s it’s number. Thanks again Andy.

This is awesome! That WNC fog is definitely hard to see through.

Great video

Excellent information ! 👍

You explain well.

Great info. Thanks

This is such valuable information. Very good video. Did you use a new camera for this video ? Quality seemed sharper than usual.

Great info - thx for sharing :)

Great information.

Never heard of this system, but makes sense because gravity it the only constant when it comes to shooting and almost anything else!!

Ray, just saw this video and have been purposely avoiding those explanation videos because they sounded like the "snake oil" you were talking about. I'll definitely go back and check them out.

a wealth of information here 👍👍👍👍

This is mind blowing. You have talent to explain complicated things with simple words. Can I find my speed drop without Kestrel ?

That very useful for long range shooting. Please advise me. How to calculate speed drop if we don't have Kestrel?

I love this hack, getting myself a kestrel

Thank You Sir! I am glad to know of this speed drop option and that Kestrel has included it in the software. Do you know if the 5500 meter includes Accuracy 1st?

FANTASTIC!

Thanks for this. My kestrel, however, does not allow me to enter into Accuracy 1st, even though it's enabled....But awesome video and concept.

Great video. What was the shooting mat that Matt used? Thanks

Thank you kindly for sharing and explaining the accuracy 1st, absolutely blown away.. thanks 🙏

I'm a complete Novice shooter. How Novice? As a low-level grunt, I never had a scope in Service, only irons. I have yet to take my first shot through glass. I'm accumulating awesome gear (Kestrel in the mail), but matter-of-factly resigned myself to sucking bad for a year or two. I think with this one trick you have just accelerated my marksmanship journey tremendously! I mean, why is this not talked about more often?

Very interesting. Thanks a lot for sharing this valuable information. Is there a an app or calculation tool outside, that works properly or just Kestrel? Best regards from West Germany

Now you got me curious about the "12 inch drill".

Were u get that surefire scope cover. Love your videos brother🇺🇸

amazing

If you would, please do a live show, explaining this speed drop method!! Appears to be very intuitive!! Are you using a 100 yrd zero to calculate your speed drop.... What does the BC do to make the math work? Did it take into consideration the BC of the round???

Just fucking magic. Going to get this set up across all of my mil rifles

Damn, now I want a Kestral! (and a spotting scope with a reticle).

How have the BADMF sales been?? Saw you were still using it in the video!!!

Hi there ! What I have to do if I’ve got leupold , impact 29 moa reticle. Second focal plane 🤷‍♂️ if you can help with this

Great information X-Ring , thanks for sharing it with us all 🙏👍. Best of luck this weekend.

How do you dial down if you have a zero stop? Just disengage it and go the speed drop number below? How did he do it on the Razor? This is where the subtract 2 from yardage rule comes from. 500 yards is 5-2 or 3 mils.

Newbee question on the Kestrel speed drop. Do the Min. and Max. Numbers ( for distance) change with temp changes on the Kestrel ? Just bought a kestrel , learning...

So in theory this will work in pretty much any rifle shooting to certain distance ?

Seen Todd and Colby vids on this but they are brief

Awesome

How do you dial negative past the Zero-Stop? Do you need to remove Zero-Stop?

Is there an ideal direction for a 1000 yard range? North, south etc. Considering Sun ☀ direction

When you “dial 1.6 negative” are you adjusting your scope 1.6 mil down?

When I went to the Accuracy first its not highlighted and wont let me "click" on it... I do have accuracy first turned on. Is there something I am missing? I just got the Kestrel but I do have my gun and bullet profile set up.

Anyone know if this will work with a vortex razor gen 3? The new zeroing system may cause an issue with it.

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Thanks, I'm encouraged.223 at 600. Miracles happening. Have fun y'all

Speed drop does not show amount on kestrel. How do I get it?

Can this be done with a phone App instead of Kestrel 5700?

So you said you had it set to 2/10ths but could go to 1/10th, why wouldn't you set it to the lowest 10th? Would you be more accurate with the lower tenth?

Figured it out😄

So what are you doing about the wind? In my area we have practically no days that are as calm as the one pictured. 10mph being a light to mild day. And 30mph not being even considered unusual. Are you jumping to an approximal rule of thumb for wind?

So for your gun how did you calculate the speed drop number?

Question. Is this applicable to FFP scopes only?

I believe that some long distance shooters don't need all of the fancy gear to make accurate shots. Interesting video. Thanks

Cobalt Kenitics has hit out out of the park!!

Is this, let say, life hack :) applicable to other calibers, in instance to 22 LR?

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Is this in any of the kestrels?

Length of barrel make a difference??

You went negative 1.9 below zero?

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