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<blockquote data-quote="justinp61" data-source="post: 2672278" data-attributes="member: 35795"><p>Thanks guys. I have a chronograph that I use for my air guns but have never really put any emphasis on my centerfire velocity. My goal has always been accuracy within the load range for a particular powder and bullet.</p><p></p><p>Last year I screwed together a couple LH Savages, a 260 and a 22-250, both with Shilen barrels. The load development was done, and the rifles zeroed, the 22-250 was zeroed at 200 yards and the 260 at 100. Neither rifle had been shot past 200, so yesterday I shot the 260 at 100, 200 and 300, the 22-250 was shot at 200, 300 and 400 yards. I wanted to get the actual drops. </p><p></p><p>After shooting them is when the idea came that there may be a calculator that would backwards engineer the velocity. I honestly didn't think about adjusting the velocity in a ballistic calculator to make the drops match the actual drop. Sometimes I can't see the forest for the trees, LOL. I now have a number using the advertised BC's, bullet weights and my drops. After I load some more rounds for each, I'll set up the chronograph and see how close the numbers are.</p><p></p><p>Justin</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="justinp61, post: 2672278, member: 35795"] Thanks guys. I have a chronograph that I use for my air guns but have never really put any emphasis on my centerfire velocity. My goal has always been accuracy within the load range for a particular powder and bullet. Last year I screwed together a couple LH Savages, a 260 and a 22-250, both with Shilen barrels. The load development was done, and the rifles zeroed, the 22-250 was zeroed at 200 yards and the 260 at 100. Neither rifle had been shot past 200, so yesterday I shot the 260 at 100, 200 and 300, the 22-250 was shot at 200, 300 and 400 yards. I wanted to get the actual drops. After shooting them is when the idea came that there may be a calculator that would backwards engineer the velocity. I honestly didn't think about adjusting the velocity in a ballistic calculator to make the drops match the actual drop. Sometimes I can't see the forest for the trees, LOL. I now have a number using the advertised BC's, bullet weights and my drops. After I load some more rounds for each, I'll set up the chronograph and see how close the numbers are. Justin [/QUOTE]
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