Gday
This is often a fun one to delve into
So let's rip a few things apart & muddy some more ( if one can understand me being the first hurdle
)
The first port of call is what is a irregular bullet ( pills as I call them or the projectile part of a bullet )
So to me it starts with the bullet company we get their standard to start with as they tell us that's how the pill works
Probably the best one that the vast majority of us know is Barnes & the ever so picture perfect mushroom that we all have seen so no need to attach a pic of one those
back to general pills now
But then we hear or have it happen to us but the pill blew up or penciled
Yet many others will come in & go no way I got this result & the better ones show pictures of their results and in many cases we get into this ****ing match & it goes off the track & ultimately we end up arguing about everything else than the irregularities that ultimately lead to a failure
Now I mean this with the utmost respect
Most people go off the good which is only part of the story & I like full stories & until we take the bad into account we will learn nothing as we are all happy in acceptance mode right
I like the good ones but in all reality the bad ones teach us more
The real issue is here ( the bad ones & % numbers aren't factual & is just a talking point for conversation sake ) as it may only be 50% that it shows up of being irregular & yet 50% of those may still give a good result of a fairly good killing efficiency
So now we are down to a 25% failure or are we
No way as now we need to analyse where those 50% irregularities are occurring & more importantly why / where the failure is occurring ( then add the happy with a dead critter people & man alive you now have real issues on that 25% getting found out especially if it's a company as then it's you get what they are happy with and that's a low bar although they will portray it differently )
Now let's break that 25% down further & This is the hard part as now you need numbers of critters & today I even struggle to get enough of them to form a higher probability of a irregular occurrence & ultimately a failure occurring
But what I am extremely lucky in doing is honing in on where a pill will give these irregular results & more likely failure point of seeing these failures occurring in the field
It's not that I'm smart it's far from it it's I'm measuring /recording a lot of things & a couple of my yank mates who I've had the pleasure of entertaining in my home state Tassie soon saw why I hone in on certain angles & resistances as if it passes them you just won't see that so called 25% failure rate
Best example I can give is my 6.5 data I gathered on around 10 pills if I was to shoot the critters like I know & has shown killed better I wouldn't have gathered a better indicator of a pill's capabilities @ those lower impacts & i pretty well guarantee I would then have a shaded view on where things work better down there as I did prior to that particular cull but I had my eyes opened pretty wide on what occurred
But let's get even more anal everything still showed irregular results across those low velocity test from pill to pill & within ea pill itself but also by breaking ea of them down & looking @ the process of the way ea pill was working I could see patterns & simpler version of that still holds somewhat true of soft was the more consistent player @ low velocity impacts but also I found a little more on wet & dry impacts & where the hydraulic system was playing roles in certain brands more than others & some seemed immune to needing fluid so are they the better option to use
Some cases yes others no imo but learn we can so to lessen our own risk of the irregular occurrence
Just think how we have heard the need to stay off bone or hit bone or keep that pill above or below certain velocities ,
Yep depends on one's choice of pill to it's actual good working velocity window & the bandaids we can apply also help to reign in some of the irregular eg cleaning hp to increasing twist rates etc
Just a little to start ticking on & one I'll add some more as we go
Cheers
This is often a fun one to delve into
So let's rip a few things apart & muddy some more ( if one can understand me being the first hurdle
)The first port of call is what is a irregular bullet ( pills as I call them or the projectile part of a bullet )
So to me it starts with the bullet company we get their standard to start with as they tell us that's how the pill works
Probably the best one that the vast majority of us know is Barnes & the ever so picture perfect mushroom that we all have seen so no need to attach a pic of one those
back to general pills now
But then we hear or have it happen to us but the pill blew up or penciled
Yet many others will come in & go no way I got this result & the better ones show pictures of their results and in many cases we get into this ****ing match & it goes off the track & ultimately we end up arguing about everything else than the irregularities that ultimately lead to a failure
Now I mean this with the utmost respect
Most people go off the good which is only part of the story & I like full stories & until we take the bad into account we will learn nothing as we are all happy in acceptance mode right
I like the good ones but in all reality the bad ones teach us more
The real issue is here ( the bad ones & % numbers aren't factual & is just a talking point for conversation sake ) as it may only be 50% that it shows up of being irregular & yet 50% of those may still give a good result of a fairly good killing efficiency
So now we are down to a 25% failure or are we
No way as now we need to analyse where those 50% irregularities are occurring & more importantly why / where the failure is occurring ( then add the happy with a dead critter people & man alive you now have real issues on that 25% getting found out especially if it's a company as then it's you get what they are happy with and that's a low bar although they will portray it differently )
Now let's break that 25% down further & This is the hard part as now you need numbers of critters & today I even struggle to get enough of them to form a higher probability of a irregular occurrence & ultimately a failure occurring
But what I am extremely lucky in doing is honing in on where a pill will give these irregular results & more likely failure point of seeing these failures occurring in the field
It's not that I'm smart it's far from it it's I'm measuring /recording a lot of things & a couple of my yank mates who I've had the pleasure of entertaining in my home state Tassie soon saw why I hone in on certain angles & resistances as if it passes them you just won't see that so called 25% failure rate
Best example I can give is my 6.5 data I gathered on around 10 pills if I was to shoot the critters like I know & has shown killed better I wouldn't have gathered a better indicator of a pill's capabilities @ those lower impacts & i pretty well guarantee I would then have a shaded view on where things work better down there as I did prior to that particular cull but I had my eyes opened pretty wide on what occurred
But let's get even more anal everything still showed irregular results across those low velocity test from pill to pill & within ea pill itself but also by breaking ea of them down & looking @ the process of the way ea pill was working I could see patterns & simpler version of that still holds somewhat true of soft was the more consistent player @ low velocity impacts but also I found a little more on wet & dry impacts & where the hydraulic system was playing roles in certain brands more than others & some seemed immune to needing fluid so are they the better option to use
Some cases yes others no imo but learn we can so to lessen our own risk of the irregular occurrence
Just think how we have heard the need to stay off bone or hit bone or keep that pill above or below certain velocities ,
Yep depends on one's choice of pill to it's actual good working velocity window & the bandaids we can apply also help to reign in some of the irregular eg cleaning hp to increasing twist rates etc
Just a little to start ticking on & one I'll add some more as we go
Cheers
