Survey equipment needs to work with GPS as well as radio towers and different receivers/ transponders to get as accurate as they do.
Much like aircraft do.
I also add in the per round cost. Been coming up with some .223 and .260 loads that have really dropped the cost down with smaller charge weights and lower per pound costs. My match .223 68 gr OTM I’ve got down to under $6/box now. It would be almost $10 if I used the most common components...
Chili and corn bread or saltines
Tomato soup and grilled cheese
Baking powder biscuits with just about anything else.
You’re a heathen if you don’t serve New England clam chowder with oyster crackers. Manhattan clam chowder needs a grilled cheese sandwich though.
I’ve been finding alternatives to the “name brand” and getting as good of results for a fraction of the cost.
But yes, current costs need to correct themselves to justify additional expenses
You have to realize that the manufacturers have a specific gun they use for testing in a very specific environment.
The chances you or anyone else has close to those conditions is more for Spock to calculate the odds of.
So I get the “read a manual” crowd…
It just strikes me as irritating...
I suspect the controllers had her do this to test the waters.
Yes, I realize this is as tinfoily as it gets…
But I don’t think any of us know who’s really calling the shots anymore.
All the stuff I got last time when I finished setting up for metallic cartridge.
Are all these items part of a kit? Yop.
But they also would have eventually replaced everything in that kit because they offered better performance.
And in the end, cost me less than an actual kit.
The best load data source I know of.
They compile the most different powder and bullet makers load data into one manual for ONE caliber. From there you can go back to the original source material.
You start seeing patterns and such and a light bulb will go off.
Why it’s so critical to always pattern every load to your shotgun.
Same Remington 870, same ammo, same choke. Difference between 30 and 40 yards though.
Stevens 320, same ammo.