Shotgun muzzle velocity.

[DUNKS]

Hi. How do you guys go about testing the muzzle velocity of your smoothbore shotguns please. What instrument do you use? I ask because we are not getting consistent results from our F! chrony which is the most common one used over here. The loads I use are adequate, I can break clays, I do not hunt! But it would be nice to check the difference between various loads.
Thanks.

 

[hanshi]

I've used a couple of different machines in the past but have been using my Oehler since I bought it 25 years ago.

 

[Britsmoothy]

If I have to run to catch what I just shot it wasn't going quick enough!
Hope that helps.

 

[DUNKS]

Oh yes solves all my problems. Cant thank you enough!

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

Oehler 35p here, works amazingly well, purchased twenty-five plus years ago

 

[Lorne Johnson]

There was a recent substantial thread on doublegunshop.com about measuring muzzle loader velocity. The main thrust was that bits of wad or ash going more slowly bring the average velocity down quite a bit. The answer was to us a baffle, which means to shoot through a hole in a partial sheet of plywood. The slow moving stuff doesn't tend to go straight and therefore will be stopped by the baffle and not get measured. I would certainly wear safety goggles with doing this, just cause.

 

[Britsmoothy]

Bet its them wads you use!

 

[LawrenceA]

Never really bothered with the actual velocity.
If it patterns OK then that is all I need.
How fast I send the message only matters if the message is delivered.

 

[ApprenticeBuilder]

There was a recent substantial thread on doublegunshop.com about measuring muzzle loader velocity.

Was covered in this thread several days ago............................


https://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/threads/chrony-a-black-powder-shotgun-can-it-be-done.130060/

 

[DUNKS]

THANKS.