What can I do with bullet speed at distance

[Rosebudteg]

The 1,000 yard range I go to has targets at every 100 (100, 200, 300, etc). They have this neat digital system at each shooting table that shows you where on the target you’ve hit, what the group size is, and what the speed of the bullet at the target was.

I love data, and I’m trying to figure out what I can do with the speed data at the different ranges.

Any ideas on things I can do with that data?

 

[MO Fugga]

The 1,000 yard range I go to has targets at every 100 (100, 200, 300, etc). They have this neat digital system at each shooting table that shows you where on the target you’ve hit, what the group size is, and what the speed of the bullet at the target was.

I love data, and I’m trying to figure out what I can do with the speed data at the different ranges.

Any ideas on things I can do with that data?

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[Ledzep]

Those acoustic targets have limited accuracy, just an FYI. They are in the ballpark, sometimes very close or spot on... but probably not accurate enough to really do much with drag calculations or anything like that.

If you could verify one vs. a Garmin or something make sure that in that day's conditions (they tend to walk a bit with temperature changes) you know the offset, one thing that you could use it for is to true drag (BC) or in 4DoF, the axial form factor. Check the tabular outputs in 4DoF for down-range velocity and compare to what it's spitting out. Again.. only do this if you can be sure of he accuracy of the reading. Adjusting stuff off of inaccurate readings is folly.

 

[RegionRat]

If you are curious, you can put all your data into a good ballistic solver and compare the e-target system's velocity with your ballistic model's velocity.

To be helpful, if you are still learning about ballistics, then get something like a Kestrel and track your wind and the weather as well as all that target data. Then you will start to get your head wrapped around the things that wind and air do to a bullet as it flies down range.