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Horizontal stringing in .243
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<blockquote data-quote="41mag" data-source="post: 520917" data-attributes="member: 3804"><p>I have to go with Bart on this,</p><p></p><p>During a load work up for a stock Sako Forrester in .243, the bottom two 5 shot groups were fired in 80+ degree weather at 100yds, one after the other only waiting long enough to rechamber, and reacquire the bull. I was specifically looking to see if it would change impacts as it heated up. The first three fell right in but the other two climbed out as the barrel heated. The spot on the right is for foulers, after cleaning. These were both shot with a cleaned barrel and one fouling shot prior to shooting the group. The barrel was ambient when we started. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f285/41nag/Shooting/P1010041-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I had swapped out the stock, with a newer factory one I got from a friend. I figured it might have to be relieved some, and since, it has been. I don't have newer pic's but it holds them all together now with this same load. </p><p></p><p>The barrel got hot enough from those initial five shots that we had to wait close to half an hour for it to get back to ambient. It would have been fine for most all hunting we do, but when we catch a bunch of hogs out in the open 5 shots goes really quick, and I wanted to be sure they all went where we were aiming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="41mag, post: 520917, member: 3804"] I have to go with Bart on this, During a load work up for a stock Sako Forrester in .243, the bottom two 5 shot groups were fired in 80+ degree weather at 100yds, one after the other only waiting long enough to rechamber, and reacquire the bull. I was specifically looking to see if it would change impacts as it heated up. The first three fell right in but the other two climbed out as the barrel heated. The spot on the right is for foulers, after cleaning. These were both shot with a cleaned barrel and one fouling shot prior to shooting the group. The barrel was ambient when we started. [IMG]http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f285/41nag/Shooting/P1010041-1.jpg[/IMG] I had swapped out the stock, with a newer factory one I got from a friend. I figured it might have to be relieved some, and since, it has been. I don't have newer pic's but it holds them all together now with this same load. The barrel got hot enough from those initial five shots that we had to wait close to half an hour for it to get back to ambient. It would have been fine for most all hunting we do, but when we catch a bunch of hogs out in the open 5 shots goes really quick, and I wanted to be sure they all went where we were aiming. [/QUOTE]
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