silverhair
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As stated before, known and repeated under 1/2 moa at 100. This was the first chance I had to take it further. Hoping to repeat 250 today
How are your results today? Inquiring minds want to know. ;-)
As stated before, known and repeated under 1/2 moa at 100. This was the first chance I had to take it further. Hoping to repeat 250 today
This time of year? What was the mirage like?not a novice. ran into something I haven't seen before. Long story short..fired 3 diff bullets today out of the same cases, same primer, same powder just testing and playing. 26 Nosler 140 smks, 135 atips, 143 eldxs, smks and atips under 1/2 moa at 100 eldxs just over 1/2 moa. Took the smks and eldxs out to 250 and they both opened up to 4". As a control for wind we shot groups at 250 with a 243 and 6.5x47 that shot well. Anybody seen this before? Couldn't test the atips as I didn't load enough but the smks have consistently shot 1/2 or better at 100. I'm going to try them again but I'm curious if anyone else has come across this. Thanks
Mirage was minimal. Not a mirage issue.This time of year? What was the mirage like?
Yuppers. Just got the same this week. Playing with seating depths. COAL MAX 2.80....SHOOTING real well, just touching lands at 2.80. A little stiff to load. .250 at 100I had the similar situation happen last weekend with a 6.5x06AI literally 1 hole at a 100 and 6" at 500. A .020 seating depth change brought it to .5 m.o.a at 500
Yuppers. Just got the same this week. Playing with seating depths. COAL MAX 2.80....SHOOTING real well, just touching lands at 2.80. A little stiff to load. .250 at 100
.375 at 300. Loaded five at 2.794...group opened to 3.8"@ 300....
Your barrel is running outta life... You have a loose action, scope ,mount, that is causing an larger variation in poi at range, the bullets might be way outta align concentricity could be way out and causing it... They would have to be 10 thousandth or more though.... Accidentally put different powder charges in cases or your scale is acting up.... Double check it with a second scale... Shooter error.... That about covers the possibilities.... Run through and retest with a fresh batch of loads after you tighten everything down on your rifle and clean out the barrel really good.... If it still shoots like **** it's your load or barrel... If it shoots good it was your previous loads if everything was tightened down without movement and your barrel wasn't too dirty.Mirage was minimal. Not a mirage issue.
That's correct! Shocked me.... I've been reloading 44 yearsSkip, are you saying you set your bullet back .006 and it upset your group 3.425" ? or is there a typo?
wow! that will make a guy think.That's correct! Shocked me.... I've been reloading 44 years
I'll try that but I've never shot or carried it anywhere without the brake on it.Try running a q-tip around the crown.. I had a rifle do something similar and I had a small burr on the crown. the burr will catch the cotton on the q tip. No clue how it got there but i must have hit it at some point. no noticeable ding, just a burr that i could not see with the naked eye.