Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

QUARRY:
a program to assess the effectiveness of shotgun ammunition
against wildfowl and other quarry


PART 1

Background

System Requirements

Getting Started

Using the Program

Sample Task
Loading the Relevant Datafiles
The Current Data and Main Menu Panels
Using the Main Menu to Predict Performance
Editing the Current Data for the Cartridge
Editing the Current Data for the Gun
Editing the Current Data for the Field Policy
Editing the Current Data for the Quarry, Accuracy and other parameters
Viewing the Table of Results
Creating New Datafiles using the Output Menu
Sending the Information to a Printer, Datafile or Windows Application
Displaying the Ballistics Graph
Changing the Program Simulation Steps

Appendix A: Main Menu

Appendix B: Parameter Descriptions

Appendix C: Material Densities and Pellet Diameters

Appendix D: Conversion of Imperial to Metric Units

Acknowledgements

 

PART 2

Introduction

Development

Approach

The Analysis
Orientation of the Quarry at the Moment of Firing
The Program
The Data

Appendix A: Files Supplied

Appendix B: Shooter Accuracy

Appendix C: Shotgun Choke and Hit Probability

Appendix D: Trajectory Modelling

Appendix E: Load, Accuracy and Field Policy Datafiles

Appendix F: Quarry Susceptibility

Appendix G: Injury Categories

Appendix H: Assessment of Quarry Categorised Regions

Appendix I: Resistance to Penetration

Appendix J: Quarry Datafile

Appendix K: Outcome Categorisation

Appendix L: Range Policy

References


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Published 22 December 1998 / updated 16 August 2000
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