Savage bolt-action rifles. Software
New software products of inter-
est to shooters include the release of the Sierra Infinity Mobile Software for handheld computers. This package provides a subset of the functions from Sierra Infinity 6 Ballistics Software that allows field computations for holdover and windage corrections. The Windows Mobile Operating System, Version 5.0 or above is required. The Hawke®Ballistic Reticle Calcula- tor (BRC) and ChairGun Pro software are
free of charge and can be downloaded to a PC. These powerful software packages provide exterior ballistics, trajectory graphs, and range-finding calculations for centerfire projectiles, rimfire ammu- nition, and air rifle pellets. The Hawke software is user friendly and permits development of range cards for use in the field.
Horus Vision may have a PC ver-
sion of their powerful ATrag ballistics software for release later in 2011. Lapua Ballistics is a ballistics pro- gram available through the Internet for
use on a mobile phone. GPS
GPS/Pocket-sized Navigation and
Global Positioning System (GPS) units from Garmin, DeLorme, and Lowrance were on display. The Garmin Track- ing Unit (GTU™ 10) is brand new and combines a web-based tracking service with GPS technology and compatible cell phones. It is small, lightweight, can be attached to any ½- to 1- inch dog col- lar or backpack strap, and allows you to monitor the location of pets and people. The new DeLorme PN-60w hand-
held GPS unit with SPOT Satellite Com- municator enables users to create and send text messages via the Globalstar, Inc. network for delivery to a recipient’s e-mail or cell phone. This is a useful tool by which travelers, hunters, or explorers in remote locations can communicate with the outside world and summon help if required. DeLorme’s topographic World Base Map is now download- able to DeLorme handheld GPS units at a cost of one penny per 100 square kilometers.
Lowrance had their Endura™
series of outdoor GPS navigators on display. These units provide locations and a variety of mapping and display options.
tarGetS In addition to their popular Crit-
ter Series, VisiColor®, VisiShot®, and XRay® paper targets, Champion is now offering the new Precision Fly (Fly Paper) and Bug (Bug Slug) targets which are ideal for practice with rimfire firearms. DuraSeal® green and orange spinner targets for crows and prairie dogs are now available. Super See Competition Targets
offers a variety of rifle, handgun, hunt- ing, and archery targets. They have a Fly Shoot target suitable for use with rimfire rifles.
oPticS Hawke® Sport Optics, USA began
operation in the United States in 2007. They market a complete line of binocu- lars and 30mm and 1-inch tube scopes suitable for varmint hunters. Scopes released in 2010 that are of particular interest to varmint hunters include the Sidewinder® 30 Tactical series with 4.5-14x42, 6.5-20x42, and 8.5-25x42 mm models; and the Varmint® SF series with 4-16x44 and 6-24x44 mm models. These scopes feature fast focus eyepieces,
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