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<blockquote data-quote="Darryl Cassel" data-source="post: 1746" data-attributes="member: 34"><p>Let me explain and also to state that I am not embarressed in the least and hope your question is not ethics related.</p><p></p><p>A 34" group with a 6mm and 10 shots is certainly not a very good gruup, but I have seen bigger. </p><p></p><p>As stated in the past, an elk is a MUCH bigger target then a 36" group and also again, when an animal is hit at longrange, they just lay down even with a hit that is not in the kill zone.</p><p></p><p>With that being said, on that group, I actually blew a part of the land out of the barrel of the rifle. They tend not to shoot any longer when that happens. You should have seen how tight the first 8 shots of that group were. </p><p></p><p>Many groups are fired that the first 6,7,8, or 9 shots are nice and tight and the 10th will be a flyer. Most of the times it is case falure or when someone gets caught by a wind shift that the shooter didn't see. It is normally not 34" though. </p><p></p><p>This is why I looked other places and found the barrel problem. I was lucky to keep all ten on paper that day.</p><p>Things like scope failure, cases spliting, hang fires, ect are all part of 1000 yard match shooting. The rifles and componants all take a beating in the every other weekend matches and sooner of later something gives out. Sort of like the human body does.</p><p></p><p>It was a bad day at the range for the rifle and me, no doubt.</p><p></p><p>A new 30 Cal barrel was put on that rifle two weeks later.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Just an explanation as to your question since you stated you have not shot any 1000 yard compititions.</p><p></p><p>I think we could put any shooters worst and best groups on a post and discuss what happened to them but, this is a Longrange Hunting forum. Big groups in compitition happen to every shooter from time to time but, small ones do too. </p><p></p><p>Come to a match and try it sometime</p><p></p><p>Darryl Cassel</p><p></p><p>As an add on here---Thanks to the 34" group my average light gun 10 shot group last year was 13" and the score agg was 85.500.</p><p>The Heavy gun group agg was 11" with an 89.500 score agg. Not particularly great shooting but, the average of those matches and 10 shots EACH match, would have been well within a kill zone of an elk.</p><p> </p><p>I was a Longrange hunter long BEFORE I shot 1000 yard compititions.</p><p>I shot My Ultra Longrange rifle (the 338/416 Rigby IMP) at Williamport "ONE TIME" and fired a 7"-- 10 shot group with it. I "ONLY" use that rifle for longrange hunting. It seems to shoot better now then it EVER did. </p><p></p><p>Just thought you shoud know.</p><p></p><p>[ 03-25-2002: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darryl Cassel, post: 1746, member: 34"] Let me explain and also to state that I am not embarressed in the least and hope your question is not ethics related. A 34" group with a 6mm and 10 shots is certainly not a very good gruup, but I have seen bigger. As stated in the past, an elk is a MUCH bigger target then a 36" group and also again, when an animal is hit at longrange, they just lay down even with a hit that is not in the kill zone. With that being said, on that group, I actually blew a part of the land out of the barrel of the rifle. They tend not to shoot any longer when that happens. You should have seen how tight the first 8 shots of that group were. Many groups are fired that the first 6,7,8, or 9 shots are nice and tight and the 10th will be a flyer. Most of the times it is case falure or when someone gets caught by a wind shift that the shooter didn't see. It is normally not 34" though. This is why I looked other places and found the barrel problem. I was lucky to keep all ten on paper that day. Things like scope failure, cases spliting, hang fires, ect are all part of 1000 yard match shooting. The rifles and componants all take a beating in the every other weekend matches and sooner of later something gives out. Sort of like the human body does. It was a bad day at the range for the rifle and me, no doubt. A new 30 Cal barrel was put on that rifle two weeks later. Just an explanation as to your question since you stated you have not shot any 1000 yard compititions. I think we could put any shooters worst and best groups on a post and discuss what happened to them but, this is a Longrange Hunting forum. Big groups in compitition happen to every shooter from time to time but, small ones do too. Come to a match and try it sometime Darryl Cassel As an add on here---Thanks to the 34" group my average light gun 10 shot group last year was 13" and the score agg was 85.500. The Heavy gun group agg was 11" with an 89.500 score agg. Not particularly great shooting but, the average of those matches and 10 shots EACH match, would have been well within a kill zone of an elk. I was a Longrange hunter long BEFORE I shot 1000 yard compititions. I shot My Ultra Longrange rifle (the 338/416 Rigby IMP) at Williamport "ONE TIME" and fired a 7"-- 10 shot group with it. I "ONLY" use that rifle for longrange hunting. It seems to shoot better now then it EVER did. Just thought you shoud know. [ 03-25-2002: Message edited by: Darryl Cassel ] [/QUOTE]
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