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Chronograph selection help
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<blockquote data-quote="eric1115" data-source="post: 2254831" data-attributes="member: 103895"><p>I thought it was a super convenient and accurate way to get speed data when I used my friend's.</p><p></p><p>What soured me, and maybe letting this experience carry too much weight, was the following: did the ladder, found a flat(ish) spot in the curve, tested a few seating depths. Got a ⅜ moa load that held to ½ moa at 600 (all with magneto attached). Good SDs. Super stoked. Everything I've read and heard says group tends to grow with magneto on. Took the magneto off and go to test my awesome, maybe ¼ moa load now that the barrel is bare. First group 1" at 100. Second is 1¼". Thinking maybe I'm having a bad day or something is funky with the gun, I put the magneto back on to see and shot another ½" group. Nice, now I have 41 rounds left out of that batch of 50 that are 1 a minute at best load.</p><p></p><p>Obviously I can (or at least should be able to) learn from that and not repeat all the mistakes I made, but it left such a bad taste in my mouth that I think I want to be able to shoot real life groups and gather speed data at the same time. It seems like with the magneto I'll have to shoot close to double the round count to get a load dialed in and mapped out, but maybe there's something I am overlooking.</p><p></p><p>I think a mount that allows it to not touch the barrel would be ideal, and would solve most of the issues I have with it. Thanks for your input!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="eric1115, post: 2254831, member: 103895"] I thought it was a super convenient and accurate way to get speed data when I used my friend's. What soured me, and maybe letting this experience carry too much weight, was the following: did the ladder, found a flat(ish) spot in the curve, tested a few seating depths. Got a ⅜ moa load that held to ½ moa at 600 (all with magneto attached). Good SDs. Super stoked. Everything I've read and heard says group tends to grow with magneto on. Took the magneto off and go to test my awesome, maybe ¼ moa load now that the barrel is bare. First group 1" at 100. Second is 1¼". Thinking maybe I'm having a bad day or something is funky with the gun, I put the magneto back on to see and shot another ½" group. Nice, now I have 41 rounds left out of that batch of 50 that are 1 a minute at best load. Obviously I can (or at least should be able to) learn from that and not repeat all the mistakes I made, but it left such a bad taste in my mouth that I think I want to be able to shoot real life groups and gather speed data at the same time. It seems like with the magneto I'll have to shoot close to double the round count to get a load dialed in and mapped out, but maybe there's something I am overlooking. I think a mount that allows it to not touch the barrel would be ideal, and would solve most of the issues I have with it. Thanks for your input! [/QUOTE]
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