Thread: HOW IMPORTANT IS ES

The value of ES is knowing the worst case scenario, so this applies particularly to long range target shooting. A load with a reasonable SD will put most into tight elevation at long range BUT if the ES is bad, the odd shot will cop a bad score and it's nothing to do with your trigger pulling or wind calling. Serious target shooters can't live with that.

Your average deer shooter can happily ignore either metric and if they get a half reasonable group, they will easily put meat on the table.

ES or SD means shit if it won't group, I've had single digit loads shoot like crap & 20-30fps ES loads shoot mint, go figure....

Kirby reckons 20-40 fps ES you are GTG if any one should know it will be him if you are hunting.

Obviously in this case less is more, but isn't necessarily necessary...

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

ES or SD means shit if it won't group, I've had single digit loads shoot like crap & 20-30fps ES loads shoot mint, go figure....

Kirby reckons 20-40 fps ES you are GTG if any one should know it will be him if you are hunting.

Obviously in this case less is more, but isn't necessarily necessary...

I'm with you on this .

the load in the pic shot crap and the load I went with has an ES of 23fps