So how did handloaders get their velocities before the advent of cheap home chronographs?
Well back in the 70’s and 80’s you would zero the rifle @ 100, then take it out to 200 using the same bullseye aim point without adjusting and see how much it dropped, then out to 300 and repeat. By looking at ballistic charts for say Hornady and Nosler which they had in the back of the manual and see what your drops are at those distances compared to calculated. Crude yes, but it can get you close. It’s a fact that as tech advanced, we got more exacting and spoiled to where we forget a lot of the basics that were used before the advent of cheap chronys and ballistic software running on that portable phone.
