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How fast did weapons and ammo technology really advance and when did it happen?
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<blockquote data-quote="Quintus" data-source="post: 1867352" data-attributes="member: 67552"><p>Fascinating conversation. And thought provoking. I wonder how much the economic 'well being', expendable time, and expendable income had to do with the post WWI spike in performance? The market had the time and the money to take the mechanical and chemical advancements from the war time race to find a better way to kill men, and re-direct it to put holes closer together on paper. What amazes me, and what I find more useful, is the recent ability to hit a target at not just 1000 yards, but any distance from the muzzle to 1000 yards. It used to be hard to get close on the distance. Then you had to do the math right. Then you had to get the wind right. Then you had to fight through your poor shooting position and mechanics cause you didn't attend a shooting school or have YouTube to watch 5,000 instructionals on fire control. Even if you managed all that, it was tough to find 10 out of 100 bullets the same in a box and brass were worse. Then your powder on a given day may give you stretched primer pockets, or you may have a soot covered neck. I would say that tech over the last 15 years has had as big an effect on proficiency as the machining has had on accuracy. Very difficult to quantify "proficiency" but a range finder and a ballistics app makes Jack a deadly boy, where he used to be a guy that could hit a pie plate at 75 yards and there you go. Hopefully things don't get too much better or it will take the fun right out of it. I suppose the plasma laser pulse gun is next with no need to calculate drop or account for wind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quintus, post: 1867352, member: 67552"] Fascinating conversation. And thought provoking. I wonder how much the economic 'well being', expendable time, and expendable income had to do with the post WWI spike in performance? The market had the time and the money to take the mechanical and chemical advancements from the war time race to find a better way to kill men, and re-direct it to put holes closer together on paper. What amazes me, and what I find more useful, is the recent ability to hit a target at not just 1000 yards, but any distance from the muzzle to 1000 yards. It used to be hard to get close on the distance. Then you had to do the math right. Then you had to get the wind right. Then you had to fight through your poor shooting position and mechanics cause you didn't attend a shooting school or have YouTube to watch 5,000 instructionals on fire control. Even if you managed all that, it was tough to find 10 out of 100 bullets the same in a box and brass were worse. Then your powder on a given day may give you stretched primer pockets, or you may have a soot covered neck. I would say that tech over the last 15 years has had as big an effect on proficiency as the machining has had on accuracy. Very difficult to quantify "proficiency" but a range finder and a ballistics app makes Jack a deadly boy, where he used to be a guy that could hit a pie plate at 75 yards and there you go. Hopefully things don't get too much better or it will take the fun right out of it. I suppose the plasma laser pulse gun is next with no need to calculate drop or account for wind. [/QUOTE]
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