Yeah, it matters a lot. Especially if you are developing loads for vintage guns, and even more so if they are more or less wildcat chambers (2-inch 12 gauge in my case). I've found the chrony much more useful for shotguns than for rifles actually.
What do you suppose the velocity drop off is...
A friend threw down a Garmin unit while I was shooting a match a couple weeks back. Amazingly simple and consistent. Pricey but beats the hell out of my Oehler for sure, but I am told that the Garmin has issues with shotguns where the Oehler is pretty reliable
Well, one can actually HUNT turkeys. Legally. The only way to hunt elk, for most of us, is called poaching. Frankly, I don't need to see another high tech elk hunting video. I'd rather watch someone trying to make a 12 ft putt that will make a million dollar swing if it drops. And I have...
Turkey hunting is over for me. I ended with 2 birds and one big bowl of tag soup.
Today, it was one of the most exciting, satisfying, and unexpected turkey hunts I have ever had. The bird looked small to me, but he weighed a respectable 24 lbs 12 oz. with an 11" beard and 1 1/8" spurs. I...
I'm not so sure about this. There is another way look at the need for fancy. In turkey hunting, as in waterfowling, there are frequent and often long periods of nothing. Nothing happening, nothing calling, nothing to do.
It is at these times where fancy pays. "Fancy" gives you...