Thread: Testing a conventional approach to load development

Originally Posted by Tentman

Nailed it!

As for shooter fatigue, spare me. If a guy can stagger to the range I don't think their "performance" is going to decline much shooting 30, 50 or even 100 rounds from any of the common ammo testing positions, bench or prone. I don't think anyone tests a rifle /ammo combination in other than those two positions and even an old fat fart like me can easily do 50 rounds on the mound in an afternoon without a drop in capability, actually I usually get better as the day progresses.

All good if it's not something that affects your shooting - certain codes it is a huge factor and one thing that can dictate how well the setup works in terms of group and results. Extreme end winter biathlon - I have no idea how those guys and girls do that I really don't. I'd go for a ski and be that rooted I couldn't hold the bangstick on target long enough to see the target! It's something I see mostly with new shooters who just don't have any real idea of what is good technique and what isn't, they look like they are lying on a bed of nails sniffing their missus's farts and hanging onto hot coals half the time. It's not uncommon to have people on the 25m or 50m with a 200m target just to see what they are doing - as they say it gives a lot of room to improve. The good thing is a lot of them vastly improve with as little as 15mins of coaching.