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<blockquote data-quote="justgoto" data-source="post: 622895" data-attributes="member: 17125"><p>I don't want to be a bother, but I think I need to explain better and I'm not sure I can...</p><p></p><p><strong>On that first ladder test</strong> target you can see where shots 1, 2 and 3 are not a node; they are in a leftward vibration, and they also are in a upward climb due to ever increasing velocity.</p><p>Shot 4 is still not in the node, is in a upward vibration but I gambled that the velocity was close to shots 5 and 6.</p><p>Shot 5 and 6 are in a node. The velocities are close and the vibration is minimal.</p><p></p><p>With that rifle, usually the cold-bore shot was a bit slower, I was hoping it would match the speeds but not the vibration.</p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>The second ladder test,</strong> shot 1 was a cold bore shot and it was almost the same speed as shot 2. So I got lucky in knowing the cold bore shot was going to be close to the same speed. It is just that there was a minor vibration during shot 1. Usually with that rifle the cold bore shot is slower, but with that load it is a bit faster. Out to 700 yards, (my furthest shot,) I'm good.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I am a ladder test junky, I have done enough of them that I am good at seeing what is happening. Most people will think they pulled the shot when a weird vibration shows up like with shot 4. You have to trust your marksmanship and you have to figure out those vibrations in conjunction with the velocity.</p><p>So the right powder does come into play; I like the slower powders, I'm not a speed junky.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="justgoto, post: 622895, member: 17125"] I don't want to be a bother, but I think I need to explain better and I'm not sure I can... [B]On that first ladder test[/B] target you can see where shots 1, 2 and 3 are not a node; they are in a leftward vibration, and they also are in a upward climb due to ever increasing velocity. Shot 4 is still not in the node, is in a upward vibration but I gambled that the velocity was close to shots 5 and 6. Shot 5 and 6 are in a node. The velocities are close and the vibration is minimal. With that rifle, usually the cold-bore shot was a bit slower, I was hoping it would match the speeds but not the vibration. [B]The second ladder test,[/B] shot 1 was a cold bore shot and it was almost the same speed as shot 2. So I got lucky in knowing the cold bore shot was going to be close to the same speed. It is just that there was a minor vibration during shot 1. Usually with that rifle the cold bore shot is slower, but with that load it is a bit faster. Out to 700 yards, (my furthest shot,) I'm good. I am a ladder test junky, I have done enough of them that I am good at seeing what is happening. Most people will think they pulled the shot when a weird vibration shows up like with shot 4. You have to trust your marksmanship and you have to figure out those vibrations in conjunction with the velocity. So the right powder does come into play; I like the slower powders, I'm not a speed junky. [/QUOTE]
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