The WEZ will be the tool we use to compare down range results of Smooth-Form and Full-Form shooting based on the findings from the aforementioned studies. I received his AB Analytics Package for my birthday last week and have been running the Weapon Employment Zone (WEZ) analysis for everything I own to ensure I have set myself up for the highest chances of success in every combination I shoot from the field of competition the hunting fields. Bryan also has written the most advanced and accurate ballistic solvers around. If you have not read his books you should because they are modern advancements on older works by Rinker and Mann. Enter Bryan Litz and Applied Ballistics, LLC (AB).īryan is the Chief Ballistician at Berger Bullets, a competitive shooter, and founder of the Applied Ballistics Laboratory. That is not sustainable for me (or any small shop) at the moment. Prior to that I shot close to 500 bullets ($1000) down range and gave away half that many for R&D to develop the BOMB and M-BOMB. Leading into the live fire portion of this test I shot a pound of powder and $100 worth of bullets in a couple of range sessions.

To start with this will be a completely conceptual approach based on modeling. With hunting season quickly approaching I wanted to give you something a with a little more gravity than a bar graph on which to base your choices. If you have not had a chance to read the case studies of Smooth-Form vs Wads and Smooth-Form vs Full-Form give them a once over so that you can follow along. It is pretty apropos that this is Labor Day weekend because I just finished a huge bullet order for Arrowhead Sporting Goods, I have four days off from my real job, and I can just sit here and write up a continuation of this analysis. This has been an extremely busy year for me (having been gone a lot or working 18-hour days) and I have not been able to continue this study of Smooth-Form and Full-Form shooting that I started back in May.

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