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<blockquote data-quote="bstomper" data-source="post: 1358573" data-attributes="member: 37250"><p>Is it a common thing to have a gun that just doesn't like a certain bullet or a certain weight of bullet. Ive been trying to work up a load with the eld x 162 for my 7mm rem mag. I've tried H1000, IMR 7977 and IMR 4831. These are the powders I have on hand so I thought I would use them. I know others may use other powders with great results but I thought I would have seen some kind of grouping with one of these. Ive made the COAL as long as I can but so they still fit my magazine, cooled barrel between shots. Found somewhat of a OCW pattern where the crappy groups are hitting in a similar spot on the target, and tried to bring the groups together by adjusting seating depth and nothing worked. I did this with all the above powders using the eld x without any sucsess. Ive been shooting 4 shot groups and there does'nt seem to be a pattern anywhere. I'd get two shots on some groups that were close (1-2") and then the other two shots would be somewhere else, high, low, left, right, there really wasn't a consistent pattern at all. In the past I have noticed strange things with the dialing of my scope so I'm going to get a new one this weekend to rule it out. Maybe it's screwed up. I've been wanting one for some time anyway and now I have a good reason to get it. My current scope is 17 years old so it's about time</p><p>Last year I worked up a load with the 162 eld Match that was shooting just over .5" at 100 yards using 67 gn of H1000 at 2970 fps. I was extremly happy with that and was hoping to duplicate a similar result with the x. </p><p>It's either my scope is screwed up: I'll know by next week</p><p>My gun does'nt like that particular bullet: It liked the match eld 162</p><p>My reloading skills suck: had no issues with this working up the match load.</p><p>My shooting skills suck: had no issues with this working up the match load.</p><p></p><p>I have a box of the factory cartrages that I used to shoot with good results that I will try tomorrow and see what happens. If i can't get them to group anymore, my guess would be the scope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bstomper, post: 1358573, member: 37250"] Is it a common thing to have a gun that just doesn't like a certain bullet or a certain weight of bullet. Ive been trying to work up a load with the eld x 162 for my 7mm rem mag. I've tried H1000, IMR 7977 and IMR 4831. These are the powders I have on hand so I thought I would use them. I know others may use other powders with great results but I thought I would have seen some kind of grouping with one of these. Ive made the COAL as long as I can but so they still fit my magazine, cooled barrel between shots. Found somewhat of a OCW pattern where the crappy groups are hitting in a similar spot on the target, and tried to bring the groups together by adjusting seating depth and nothing worked. I did this with all the above powders using the eld x without any sucsess. Ive been shooting 4 shot groups and there does'nt seem to be a pattern anywhere. I'd get two shots on some groups that were close (1-2") and then the other two shots would be somewhere else, high, low, left, right, there really wasn't a consistent pattern at all. In the past I have noticed strange things with the dialing of my scope so I'm going to get a new one this weekend to rule it out. Maybe it's screwed up. I've been wanting one for some time anyway and now I have a good reason to get it. My current scope is 17 years old so it's about time Last year I worked up a load with the 162 eld Match that was shooting just over .5" at 100 yards using 67 gn of H1000 at 2970 fps. I was extremly happy with that and was hoping to duplicate a similar result with the x. It's either my scope is screwed up: I'll know by next week My gun does'nt like that particular bullet: It liked the match eld 162 My reloading skills suck: had no issues with this working up the match load. My shooting skills suck: had no issues with this working up the match load. I have a box of the factory cartrages that I used to shoot with good results that I will try tomorrow and see what happens. If i can't get them to group anymore, my guess would be the scope. [/QUOTE]
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