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<blockquote data-quote="Forester" data-source="post: 243952" data-attributes="member: 11102"><p>Yeah, I have to take some issue with Clark. A chrono is useful for much more than bragging rights.</p><p></p><p>I shoot every single round during load development through a chrono and you find that velocity is a darn good indicator of pressure. Thats one solid use.</p><p></p><p>The next for me is drop charts, when you have settled on a load the chrono data will get your drop charts pretty close, and you can fine tune them to match the real world from there. I suppose this could be done without chrono data but havig it sure gets you in the ballpark quickly.</p><p></p><p>Third is deciding on otherwise equal loads or components. Velocity variation matters when you get out there aways. And you need to know what the trade off is for a change from one component to another. For example: my .308 shoots 168 and 175 Bergers equally well, it would take hundreds of rounds to pick a real winner between the two from an accuracy standpoint. From the Chrono I know though that the 175s require such a trade off in velocity that the higher BC%2</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Forester, post: 243952, member: 11102"] Yeah, I have to take some issue with Clark. A chrono is useful for much more than bragging rights. I shoot every single round during load development through a chrono and you find that velocity is a darn good indicator of pressure. Thats one solid use. The next for me is drop charts, when you have settled on a load the chrono data will get your drop charts pretty close, and you can fine tune them to match the real world from there. I suppose this could be done without chrono data but havig it sure gets you in the ballpark quickly. Third is deciding on otherwise equal loads or components. Velocity variation matters when you get out there aways. And you need to know what the trade off is for a change from one component to another. For example: my .308 shoots 168 and 175 Bergers equally well, it would take hundreds of rounds to pick a real winner between the two from an accuracy standpoint. From the Chrono I know though that the 175s require such a trade off in velocity that the higher BC%2 [/QUOTE]
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