Couple Barrel Questions

[Matt Valinsky]

This afternoon I had the chance to do a little calculating on barrel centerline angles in relationship to the centerline of the rib for the barrel centerlines to converge at 40 yards. Interesting what a little math will tell you to debunk what you think your eyes are telling you and what I thought was happening.

I also plotted the published percentage of shot on a 30" target at 40 yards for full, modified and cylinder chokes and compared that with the published info of effective range for each choke and the published pattern percentages at those ranges.

Also took a gander at what ranges in yards 100 percent of the shot would remain witin the 30 " target.

Interesting stuff, at least for me and helped me to understand my first question. Guess I should have thought about it some before I asked.

Now I have to figure out Kensal's response #3 and how it fits into the equation.

Kensal, jump right in if you feel inclined.

Amazing what a guy can think about sitting at the office with absolutely nothing to do thanks to the wonderful economey waiting for 2/28 to roll around.