I see that MD posts about shooting precision groups a lot.
He's a target shooter as well as a hunter.
What's the difference between with potentially achieving better groups whether hunting or target shooting?
No matter what is being shot at, the higher velocity will cut through the wind better too resulting in less wind drift.
And since higher velocity penetrates better, maybe the longer barrel will shoot through the brush better too.
So obviously under certain circumstances higher velocity can matter.
The difference between the averages of the 2 samples is 53 fps (1824 fps verses 1877 fps), with a greatest difference of 113 fps between the lowest of one sample verses the highest of the other.
It would be interesting to see if either of the spreads could grow to be even greater with larger powder charges or with different bullets or powder.