Jonathan, I'm glad that you've taken energy and inspiration from my method of pellet/slug organization and am eager to provide more detail!
No. My theory is that leading in the barrel with a specific type would bias the highly scientific method I have perfected. I want to keep the barrel, and my range notebook, guessing.
I take meticulous notes on each shot, and then use unsupervised machine learning algorithms, primarily K-nearest-neighbors, to group shots.
By back mapping this to my log of dumped pellets, I can best-effort categorize any given pellet
No! But this is an excellent suggestion and a machine-vision model, using these images, would almost cenrtainly assist in the aforementioned pellet identification process. I'm skeptical of the impact of skirt deformation, generally, but you are absolutely correct that it is a ground state prior I should account for more thoroughly.
Absolutely not. This method attempts to optimize for the perfect pellet, without bias for method of propulsion.
You've lighted on one..., flaw is strong but wrinkle is certainly apt, in my method.
As my meticulously handled pellet collection increases in raw N, and cardinality, my sample sizes increase non linearly. However, the point of the hobby is sending lead (or non-lead alloy!) down range, no? I see this as a line extension benefit
No, and frankly I'm embarassed I hadn't incorporated this technique. High benefit, low lift. Thank you for the suggestion!
As many as it takes, statistically.
I'm purely competing with myself -- chasing perfection. Therefore, when I attain a programmatically identified maximal group, I pack the bucket up and head home.. satisfied that I have done all that I can do.
My fundamental experience at public ranges is that other shooters rarely have the dedication that I imbue from bucket purchase to model training run. In fairness, the palette of public ranges I'm allowed to shoot at has decreased but the remaining options would welcome tannerite pellets.
Your questions have been engaging, and the iterative process will help me improve my methods. Thank you for the time
It is never the equipment, it is always the man. If I blame my bucket for my failures, who will I blame when I cross the river styx?
The true joy, and entrance to mystery, is when thr primary bucket is empty and the secondary bucket rises, like the mythical Phoenix, to assume that position
Always,
-Devin
Man, @Larcat , your words have resonated with me, and I am not sure how. I have been thinking about it since your post, and I have so many questions.
I am very much OCD like @dow4hurst mentioned he is, and I can relate to separating things in little baggies. When you say that you are dumping the whole tin in a 5-gal bucket, my mind is blown! Let me start my barrage of questions, and I am really anxious to hear your response:
- Do you separate Diabolo, Pointed, Hollow, etc?
No. My theory is that leading in the barrel with a specific type would bias the highly scientific method I have perfected. I want to keep the barrel, and my range notebook, guessing.
- If you have a bucket of just Diabolo, for example, at the same weight, how do you know what you are shooting?
I take meticulous notes on each shot, and then use unsupervised machine learning algorithms, primarily K-nearest-neighbors, to group shots.
By back mapping this to my log of dumped pellets, I can best-effort categorize any given pellet
- Do you keep pictures of what the inside of the skirt looks like?
No! But this is an excellent suggestion and a machine-vision model, using these images, would almost cenrtainly assist in the aforementioned pellet identification process. I'm skeptical of the impact of skirt deformation, generally, but you are absolutely correct that it is a ground state prior I should account for more thoroughly.
- Do you keep like weights in the same bucket so you can use a springer with this bucket, or a PCP with that one?
Absolutely not. This method attempts to optimize for the perfect pellet, without bias for method of propulsion.
- How do you know that you are sampling the pellets that you first put in?
You've lighted on one..., flaw is strong but wrinkle is certainly apt, in my method.
As my meticulously handled pellet collection increases in raw N, and cardinality, my sample sizes increase non linearly. However, the point of the hobby is sending lead (or non-lead alloy!) down range, no? I see this as a line extension benefit
- Are you periodically spinning the bucket on the side?
No, and frankly I'm embarassed I hadn't incorporated this technique. High benefit, low lift. Thank you for the suggestion!
- How many pellets are you willing to shoot to make sure that you shot one particular pellet in the bunch?
As many as it takes, statistically.
- How do you record which ones did the best, like if you were going to compete?
I'm purely competing with myself -- chasing perfection. Therefore, when I attain a programmatically identified maximal group, I pack the bucket up and head home.. satisfied that I have done all that I can do.
- I recently bought a bunch of Tracker Exploding pellets, so would you put an out-liar like that in there too...and possibly freak out someone on the range if they didn't know it was coming?
My fundamental experience at public ranges is that other shooters rarely have the dedication that I imbue from bucket purchase to model training run. In fairness, the palette of public ranges I'm allowed to shoot at has decreased but the remaining options would welcome tannerite pellets.
- I'm sure that I can geek out on a bunch more questions, but I don't want to bore the group with details when what I have asked gets to the heart.
Your questions have been engaging, and the iterative process will help me improve my methods. Thank you for the time
To be honest, I think that this approach would frustrate me, especially if I wanted to see what a group of one particular pellet would do with a certain gun. I can't imagine how you could tune a gun, so this bucket would just have to be a wildcard that you would bring with you when you wanted an adventure at the range...but you wouldn't know if it was:
- The pellet
- Wind,
- The rifling
- A cheap/deformed pellet
- Alloy type
- Redesign shape bordering on slugs
- A squirrel zigging when you wanted it to zag
- I'm assuming that you don't hunt from the bucket
- Etc., etc., etc.
It is never the equipment, it is always the man. If I blame my bucket for my failures, who will I blame when I cross the river styx?
I am fascinated by the differences in different shooters and why they do what they do. What you have explained about your technique is so much different than anything I would even conceive of myself, so I would love to understand how your technique gives you fulfillment in this already extremely variable hobby. Thanks for the insight!
The true joy, and entrance to mystery, is when thr primary bucket is empty and the secondary bucket rises, like the mythical Phoenix, to assume that position
Straight shooting...no matter what is in the breech...
Jonathan
Always,
-Devin
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