nmkid
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Ouch!And yet you fail to be a paid member here?
Ouch!And yet you fail to be a paid member here?
Now, Doesn't that look much better? LOLYou caught me lol , I keep meaning to but, egh you know what give me a hot minute
Have you been on Erik’s forum?I believe this site is far more valuable than any other podcast, forum, group, etc. online or off.
Peer pressure man what can I say ,it does thing to a manNow, Doesn't that look much better? LOL
Gotta say I'm lost in the sauce most of the time on this forum I have a feeling I'd be beyond lost on his lol.Have you been on Erik’s forum?
While I use some Hornaday bullets with some success for varmint hunting / predator hunting, I don't know any serious match shooters that uses them.I don't know if I will ever be able to trust Hornady.
1. Way over stated BC.
2. Denying the 6.5 147 ELDM still has a blow up problem.
I'm glad you took it the right way!!Peer pressure man what can I say ,it does thing to a man![]()
While I use some Hornaday bullets with some success for varmint hunting / predator hunting, I don't know any serious match shooters that uses them.
Jayden said in the beginning of the video in order for the average of a gun to be a 1/4 min. gun at some point it had to shoot 1/2 min. That is not true at all. I personally shot these 3 - 10 shot groups recently with my 30BR. The agg. for the 30 shots is as follows
.325 10-SHOT GP
.198 10-SHOT GP.
.253 10-SHOT GP.
.776 TOTAL FOR 30 SHOTS
.258 AGG. FOR THE 3 10 SHOT GROUP
The largest group my rifle shot was .325 and that is nowhere near 1/2 min group.
Thank you Charlie for shedding some light on this topic. I totally agree with your statements. I realize that if in fact I were to continue or extend my 3 sets of 10-shot groups into say ten 10-shot groups I may see more open groups and more tighter groups but I do not believe it would be due to or based on a theory that says at some point my rifle would without fail shot a 1/2 inch group. That to me simply is folly. I say this because unless it has been while I was actually working up a load with changing powder charges and/or seating depths this rifle has not shot a group that measured 1/2 inch @ 100 yds. and I frankly don't ever remember seeing it nor does it show up in my data log.Many of his statements are generically correct, but practically not appropriate. He and Litz are way off base by claiming the SD of the groups sizes equals 0.3 times the average group size, which is simply what they observed for their study, and why they state these large group sizes that you might have a 0.001% chance of seeing. There is no statistical or physical reason that this is a rule. It is also known that small group sizes do not follow a normal "bell curve" distribution as the groups cannot get smaller as they approach 0, but they can get much larger. But this is just one aspect of how they have convoluted the statistical logic!
Now if you had an average involved shooter looking to get into F/class, Erik's videos are far more engaging than Keith Glasscock's, but both are extremely informative and helpful, but other than our small corner of the shooting community, which name do you think more people know?
Well, I watch more of your videos than Erik's anymore, as I get more actual info from you than his. I didn't want to mention your interactions with him to avoid sounding like pitting one against the other as both of you are accomplished shooters.Erik is a personality, there is no question about that!
I'm not trying to be Erik. I would rather quit shooting than engage in the ambush interview tactics that Erik uses. Ever notice that I always wave him off?
Far too many people concentrate on the weird reloading stuff that top 10 shooter swear by. Honestly, we all do things that look suspiciously like superstition. The simpler I make my system, the easier it is for me to shoot the scores necessary to obtain those shiny neck weights.
For me, I have really cut back on the amount of YouTube content I'm making. Instead, I am focusing on my Patrons. They are the ones that make it possible to run tests, and make videos. You would be shocked at the expense doing such things entails. It just isn't worth it to put information out for free in many cases and deal with the endless trolls that pop up.
You have to remember what YouTube is at its core: An advertising platform. Have you noticed that everyone is trying to get you to buy stuff? Either stuff they make, or stuff they have a deal with the seller on? Even I'm selling something - my time answering questions, having Zoom meetings with individual Patrons, and the like.
I had thought about doing podcasts, but decided against that for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the fact that I can't bring myself to sit and watch anyone else's podcasts...
Back on subject:
Making videos and learning stuff for my team and patrons has netted me a lot of information that I would have not found otherwise. For example, I shot a very large sample for chronograph data while doing some large samples on tuning and group size. Oddly enough, there is a normal distribution of group sizes when you put over 100 rounds into the berm. If I take a standard deviation from those group sizes, I see that there is the likelihood of having an exceptionally large group and an exceptionally small one as well, over the life of the barrel.
On the other hand, I also wonder a bit about using group size at all for determining the precision of a rifle. Some other measurements show promise as better means of determining our likely outcomes from shooting very large samples (like an entire barrel worth).
I heard Erik is out of the Concrete business and the Barnaminium business. Is this so?
I don't know if I will ever be able to trust Hornady.
1. Way over stated BC.