old dog and new tricks

[Kevin Stenberg]

This morning I was reading an article by Dan Newberry. Concerning OCW and load development. I was pleasantly surprised that he wrote in laymans terms, an kept my interest. And I even understood what and how he did it.
Dan also had references and examples of Chris Long's theory on shock waves.

 

[Gary]

http://optimalchargeweight.embarqspace.com/
This article is great reading, thanks Kevin.

 

[Chris]

Kevin, I took a look at that too, thanks. Followed a link there and was reading about their long range shooting school. The subject mildly interests me because I have never killed anything at over 250 yards and the topic of precision riflery is interesting.

What seems to be unique about these guys is that they are encouraging the use of affordable rifles and budget optics... very much out of the mainstream. Neat idea.

http://www.bangsteel.com/philosophy....html

 

[RicinYakima]

You can only buy so much precision. If the organic control unit can only shoot 3 MOA, that is all you are going to get. Focused and dedicated practice is the best money spent in shooting.

 

[Brad]

I agree entirely Ric. Focused and dedicated are the key parts. Putting rounds down range are not the same as practice.
Have a purpose when pulling the trigger. See what happens and know why. Learn from it and repeat the right things. It is largely a mental exercise.

It isn't an equipment race, it is a skill race

 

[popper]

problem is that the shock wave will give 10 or more reflections before the boolit leaves the muzzle, per his data. Pressure traces don't show the 'shock wave'.

 

[Ian]

Cool stuff. Check out Chris Long's pages and Varmint Al's also.

 

[Intheshop]

Have read most of what's printed on the subject.Thanks for posting.

Dry fire,until you find yourself dreaming about it.And try to wrap the grey matter around brrl/action/stock interface,yes bedding but that's a static way of looking at it.The engineering on shock waves can be drastically altered with just a change in what compounds(epoxy) you're using.It's not "never" spoken about when folks get their slide rules greased up.Easier to theorize about metal on metal....and generally that's where engineering is focused.Not a rant,simple observation.Good stuff,nevertheless.BW

Edit to add;Herman Wok,Volk?...amongst a mighty few other books/references.Which are layin around here somewhere.Mr Wok(that's cause I'm hungry?) book is,Machine Tool Balancing.Pretty std reading for shop/machine nuts.Don't think these books would be worth $$ if "bedding" was the only consideration,I know they're not.