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<blockquote data-quote="ss7mm" data-source="post: 320411" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>There's no law that says you have to own and use a chronograph and if the load you use gives you the accuracy you want at the ranges you shoot then you can make it work. You can use the published velocity and play with that and the BC, plus the other features in LB, and get by. </p><p></p><p>We have at least a couple of guys around here that do some serious long range shooting and they don't own a chronograph but.......they have shot their loads at all ranges and have proven field data and reliable drop charts developed by this method. I can think of one guy offhand that doesn't use a chrono or a PPC and ballistic software and he routinely stretches the ranges way out there.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong, the proven field data is something you should develop even if you do own and use a chronograph. The chrono is not a short cut or a crutch it's a valuable tool used in load development and testing.</p><p></p><p>Personally there are a lot of reasons that I wouldn't want to be without a chronograph. I want to know all of the exact data that I can. I want to know the velocity and then I can prove my BC and especially when developing a load I know the loads and the ES and don't waste too much time if the ES is too high because I firmly believe that too great an ES gives you vertical dispersion problems at long range and I want to limit that as much as I can, thus, low ES and I know that quickly by using a chronograph.</p><p></p><p>I shoot in country that, for me, dictates that I know everything I can about my load and its exact performance and that I can confidently use that data in LB 3.0 in my PPC in the field when conditions change drastically.</p><p></p><p>If you spend big bucks on a rifle, optics etc. then why not get a good chronograph and know even more about what you're shooting? Maybe even split the cost with a shooting buddy. Just my opinion but I never go to the range without my Oehler 35P.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ss7mm, post: 320411, member: 5"] There's no law that says you have to own and use a chronograph and if the load you use gives you the accuracy you want at the ranges you shoot then you can make it work. You can use the published velocity and play with that and the BC, plus the other features in LB, and get by. We have at least a couple of guys around here that do some serious long range shooting and they don't own a chronograph but.......they have shot their loads at all ranges and have proven field data and reliable drop charts developed by this method. I can think of one guy offhand that doesn't use a chrono or a PPC and ballistic software and he routinely stretches the ranges way out there. Don't get me wrong, the proven field data is something you should develop even if you do own and use a chronograph. The chrono is not a short cut or a crutch it's a valuable tool used in load development and testing. Personally there are a lot of reasons that I wouldn't want to be without a chronograph. I want to know all of the exact data that I can. I want to know the velocity and then I can prove my BC and especially when developing a load I know the loads and the ES and don't waste too much time if the ES is too high because I firmly believe that too great an ES gives you vertical dispersion problems at long range and I want to limit that as much as I can, thus, low ES and I know that quickly by using a chronograph. I shoot in country that, for me, dictates that I know everything I can about my load and its exact performance and that I can confidently use that data in LB 3.0 in my PPC in the field when conditions change drastically. If you spend big bucks on a rifle, optics etc. then why not get a good chronograph and know even more about what you're shooting? Maybe even split the cost with a shooting buddy. Just my opinion but I never go to the range without my Oehler 35P. [/QUOTE]
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