British gunmakers have been using whitewashed steel plates for patterning for well over 100 yrs.
Pattern board steel thickness advice?
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British gunmakers have been using whitewashed steel plates for patterning for well over 100 yrs.
I used newspaper rolls. That included a Berlin Wansee see through template to perform calculations on your patterns following the shot. Much better than the Thompson Oberfell method. The tests proved a lot of stuff about my reloads.
One shot from your gun does not divulge very much.
Anyone use the current Dr. Smith method for pattern analysis? I am currently trying to set up a site to use his camera patterning system if this damn snow on the ranch ever goes away!! There is also another dude on the internet who has an easier less meticulous method of analyzing your patterns . I can't recall his name.
If you like numbers and statistics give Dr. Smilth a call on the internet. I think his system is still free. Have fun and see how good those factory loads really are. And most important, tell your CGN retailer if they are a POS.
Addendum:
And why tell your CGN retailer about your findings? That allows your CGN retailer to negotiate a better deal with a shyster wholesaler so you get a better deal in the end.
One shot from your gun does not divulge very much.
Anyone use the current Dr. Smith method for pattern analysis? I am currently trying to set up a site to use his camera patterning system if this damn snow on the ranch ever goes away!! There is also another dude on the internet who has an easier less meticulous method of analyzing your patterns . I can't recall his name.
If you like numbers and statistics give Dr. Smilth a call on the internet. I think his system is still free. Have fun and see how good those factory loads really are. And most important, tell your CGN retailer if they are a POS.
Addendum:
And why tell your CGN retailer about your findings? That allows your CGN retailer to negotiate a better deal with a shyster wholesaler so you get a better deal in the end.
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the spank
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I've been hit with pellets bouncing off steel and still wear a permanent mark on my lower right shin from a #2 copper plated lead pellet. One and only time I ever shot at a steel plate with a shotgun. It's paper, cardboard or osb for this guy.
Falconflyer
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I didn't have access to a pattern board or paper one time and used plastic table covering instead, the disposable kind that comes in a roll about 40 inches wide and 300 feet long used for banquets. I cut off several pieces about 3 feet long and hung them on a barb wire fence and proceeded to pattern away. The holes don't tear out like some paper does and are easy to see and count, I ended up getting a roll at Sam's Club in the US for about $13 or $14 dollars a while back and it's enough to do a lot of patterning with!
Jeepers.... I just realized that it's single use plastic.... don't tell Greta!
Jeepers.... I just realized that it's single use plastic.... don't tell Greta!
