22 Nosler | Part 8 | 640yd Test with Handloaded 80gr ELD and Factory 85gr RDF | Little Crow Gunworks 

Oh very much so. That's why I keep making the point. The internet says that poor velocity metrics AUTOMATICALLY means it won't shoot. Well, that's not what I'm seeing. Not just with this rifle, but many others. Does it matter? Yes. Is it to the degree of magnitude that you are told? Not always. Yes, fundamentals are often overlooked. When I train people that are new to long range, we spend over an hour on the fundamentals of shooting prone (laying behind the gun) and dry firing before we even get the ammo out. Thanks for watching!

I'm happy you read between the lines Mark. We can get paralyzed by beating these numbers to death. At the end of that, you can't explain everything you're seeing. At the end of the day, get out and shoot. That will help you more than testing half your barrel away at 100yds.

We can put together a quote for you if you're seriously considering one. Clearly it shoots.

That's it man, I wasted SOOOOOO much time in years past, trying to test and test and test trying to achieve ideal velocity metrics. The small groups was the easy part. But small groups WITH great velocity numbers was often tricky. Now, if I even THINK a load might have potential, I go heave it downrange and see what happens!!! What a crazy concept! Cheers mate

Thanks man.

I would say that there is certainly a correlation, especially as you increase the sample size. But it's not to the extent that we are lead to believe. Look at this test... if you look at the right group of the factory ammo and the right group of the handloads, you would say: "Well, the factory ammo out shot the handloads, with 5 times worse velocity numbers!" But, just increase the sample size and the truth comes out. Does velocity consistency matter? Yes Can loads with poor velocity consistency sometimes shoot really good groups at long range? Yes You have to remember that each projectile has a different ballistic coefficient, which can shrink or increase vertical of a small sample size, like 5 shots. Just the right combination of velocity and ballistic coefficient can "coincidentally" make the vertical very short at distance. Clearly. All of the factory ammo results at 640 are indicating that. Sometimes the vertical is great, and sometimes it fits the internet narrative. But it's certainly not consistent. Thanks for watching!