bovine5088 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 What's the minor and major load Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdude Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Minor and Major apply to power factor. Power factor = bullet weight X velocity / 1000. Major and Minor apply to how hits on paper targets are scored and differ from one shooting Division to another in IPSC/USPSA and IDPA events and by caliber. Does this answer your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovine5088 Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superdude Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 More information here: http://38super.net/Pages/Major.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC702 Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Those shooting a "minor" gun have an advantage in less recoil, and sometimes in greater magazine capacity. "Major" guns therefore get more points on less than perfect hits to help compensate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovine5088 Posted February 15, 2015 Author Share Posted February 15, 2015 Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gussers Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 Or, the more useful: power factor x 1000 / bullet weight = velocity Where velocity is the fps needed to hit PF. Or, short handed: 165000 / bullet weight for major and 125000 / bullet weight for minor. Sorry, I know a lot of ppl that struggle with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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