I'm amazed that some presumed political viewpoint has become a component of this discussion. Well, actually not considering...
So: "There is a chance that the researchers involved may just be able to write an actual choke spec that will allow a measurable extension in distance of bloom of the Gausian pattern. Now that would be remarkable."
Dang, Rocketman! The remarkable part is that we can pretty much do that now about as well as it will ever be done. Prithee, how do you know, "as well as it will ever be done?" The point is that Dr. Jones has recorded a statistically valid improvement over Full choke; "statistically valid" being the key concept. Remember those stampings on the bbls or those markings on screw-ins??? That's them! Nawww, the stampings are usually directionally pretty correct until you reach "turkey." At that point, Turkey has not usually been found to better Full. Full meant as much choke effect as was available. Jones now has something more than Full. We know that because of that "statistically valid" bit. The question is how to replicate it reliably. When he can write a spec that reliably beats Full, Turkey will be meaningful.HTH
have a day
Dr.WtS
I wonder if those nickle 5's were buffered? Sometimes it's possible to see a nice "Gaussian bloom" with buffered loads. But then, Digby is at a "we don't need no stinkin' buffer" level anyway.
WtS, shotgun patterning has moved to a new level. Get over it.
