Another writer advancing the knowledge of ballistic science:
"Hollinger mentions an English shotgun writer who took chronograph readings of heavy field loads and light field loads. At 30 yards, the shot string from the heavy loads was 25-30 feet long! he exclaims. Theres a lot of room for a pheasant to fly through a 30-foot shot string and only take a couple of pellets.
Aha. Everyone whos spent time in a duck blind recalls a crippled duck floundering around in the decoys, and someone stands up to shoot it and finish the job. The distance between the first pellet and last pellet striking the water is sometimes a very long way, I noted. Is that what you mean? Exactly, Hollinger says."
"Look Charlie Brown, the snow is coming up out of the ground!"
