Feeling a bit battered with my original post. I wish to address some issues brought up in responses.
-Some good points have been made, don't call it a test without empirical methodology. Agreed.
-This was not an empirical evidence research study. I did not hold a pre and post with 20 samples in identical temperature/humidity/sunlight/wind conditions. It took 10 weeks to get the barrel done, so repeating identical conditions for pre and post was impossible. I did have pre barrel work pictures but had deleted them when the joy they gave me diminished. I have tried to see if Apple Cloud still had them but to no avail. That will be nailed up as a lousy excuse by naysayers. Is what it is. They existed and now do not. I made them, drew conclusions from them (hot core and strays) which drove me to see if improvement could be achieved with a process. I certainly felt there was a motivating issue in place that required action.
-Anecdotal observations do not delight the analytical mind. Rather it seems to drive the analytical mind toward a refusal to consider intangible variables that are not measured and evidenced as not relevant to the process in any way. If you didn't do it my way then it is not relevant. If not empirical, then not to be considered. Seems to me that can result in a closed mind which can go...well we know we are all guilty of that one. People do get convicted of crime with only anecdotal evidence...Seems the case here.
-I am happy with what I spent to get what I got. I "perceive" less recoil (anecdotal). I see better breaks (anecdotal). I feel more confidence, likely because I am concentrating more given a change in my game (anecdotal). For some reason I feel more motivated to keep my chokes clean (anecdotal).
-In the future I will not make spontaneous decisions to post anything (even pictures of my dog) without empirical evidence certified by outside reviewers.
-Some did not read my tag line. It is what I am if you know me. When younger I was a truck driver that became a welder in the oil patch who after Mother's continual prodding was convinced to go to college at a late age obtaining multiple degrees, became a CPA in public practice, owned my own practice, a retail business and rental properties while becoming a University Accounting Professor lasting 28 years. I do have the mental capacity to understand science, analytical dissection and anecdotal observations. I also pride myself that I have an open mind and can consider other's opinions - observations.
Rant complete. Go Cats!
