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Do I need a chronograph?
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<blockquote data-quote="redleg1013" data-source="post: 2000332" data-attributes="member: 49994"><p>The short answer is, it depends.</p><p>The chronometer is definitely a useful tool that provides empirical data to validate the results on the target.</p><p>Now bear in mind that when I started we were pretty financially poor and I was working with a Lee Classic Loader for a 30-06.</p><p>I worked up a load using an Audette ladder and seating depth adjustment that shot just over an inch at 300 without the benefit of a chronometer. I was able to use math to determine and verify that that load would be money with a 200 yard zero, and that any deer within 300 yards would be on the table.</p><p></p><p>If you're wanting to not have to trudge back and forth over varying distances to build your dope, then a chronometer, or at least access to a chronometer, would be justified to generate a starting point.</p><p></p><p>My point is that one CAN generate a good, accurate load, and build a dope table without a chronometer, but it takes work; even with a chronometer you have to verify the data generated from a ballistics computer to become dope.</p><p></p><p>Arthur Pejsa's works are worth looking into, if you can find them, as he passed a couple of years ago and are no longer in print.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="redleg1013, post: 2000332, member: 49994"] The short answer is, it depends. The chronometer is definitely a useful tool that provides empirical data to validate the results on the target. Now bear in mind that when I started we were pretty financially poor and I was working with a Lee Classic Loader for a 30-06. I worked up a load using an Audette ladder and seating depth adjustment that shot just over an inch at 300 without the benefit of a chronometer. I was able to use math to determine and verify that that load would be money with a 200 yard zero, and that any deer within 300 yards would be on the table. If you're wanting to not have to trudge back and forth over varying distances to build your dope, then a chronometer, or at least access to a chronometer, would be justified to generate a starting point. My point is that one CAN generate a good, accurate load, and build a dope table without a chronometer, but it takes work; even with a chronometer you have to verify the data generated from a ballistics computer to become dope. Arthur Pejsa's works are worth looking into, if you can find them, as he passed a couple of years ago and are no longer in print. [/QUOTE]
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