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Re: Anti-spoof testing my sextant
From: Jim Rives
Date: 2020 Jan 30, 19:06 -0800
From: Jim Rives
Date: 2020 Jan 30, 19:06 -0800
I knew 19 shots was probably overkill, but I saw enough variability that I thought I should just do more to see what was happening. What I have noticed is that it seems difficult to actually "see" when to pull the trigger. I almost always come away with a lingering thought of "was that really it?" I seem to remember that there is something like that when pulling the trigger with a target rifle. Wonder if it has something to do with the blind spot where the optic nerve comes in.
That's an interesting formula for the effect of multiple shots. I am a firm believer now in multiple, but not too many, shots to arrive at an observation number.
Again, thanks for taking the time to reply.
Jim Rives