Joule creep really shouldn't be new news to anyone at this point. There are an unlimited number of ways to cheat the chrono. Swapping barrel groups, shimming the hop up, power up suppressors, cylinder swaps, quick spring swaps, adjustable spring guides, using different gases, adjusting gas pressures, adjusting NPAS units, swapping valves, swapping bolts, cranking the hop up... At the end of the day, the only real way to catch people cheating is to constantly spot check on the field while carrying a chronograph and scale. The point of a chrono reading with hop up off is to negate the most basic way for someone to cheat the chrono. I can drop my gun down from 390 to 200 FPS simply by cranking the hop up.
|