11-14-2020, 01:19 AM
I do have a poor man's method of telling a flyer.
A close group and one non-symmetrical outlier...
Or 3 in a decent triangle and 1 way off.
Or 2 and 2.
Anything basically other than a more or less symmetrical pattern, is something caused by the shooter.
3 for a triangle, 4 for a quadrilateral, (or triangle with 4th repeating one of the 3)
The reasoning behind it is, if we're talking about a purely mechanical system then any spread from a completely fixed position should be symmetrical more or less about a center. Or, if it's vertical stringing, then the load is not optimized and there's a velocity spread (harder to see at 100 yds and in, but the theory seems sound).
Horizontal stringing, unless there's a wind (I shoot indoors at 100 yd range) - caused by shooter wiggling the muzzle horizontally.
Anyway, just a quick and simple theory.
A close group and one non-symmetrical outlier...
Or 3 in a decent triangle and 1 way off.
Or 2 and 2.
Anything basically other than a more or less symmetrical pattern, is something caused by the shooter.
3 for a triangle, 4 for a quadrilateral, (or triangle with 4th repeating one of the 3)
The reasoning behind it is, if we're talking about a purely mechanical system then any spread from a completely fixed position should be symmetrical more or less about a center. Or, if it's vertical stringing, then the load is not optimized and there's a velocity spread (harder to see at 100 yds and in, but the theory seems sound).
Horizontal stringing, unless there's a wind (I shoot indoors at 100 yd range) - caused by shooter wiggling the muzzle horizontally.
Anyway, just a quick and simple theory.
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