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<blockquote data-quote="vancewalker007" data-source="post: 2220240" data-attributes="member: 66917"><p>Is the flyer consistently in a particular direction ie. higher or lower than the main group of hits or left or right of the main group? </p><p></p><p>For flyers higher or lower outside the rifle's expected accuracy but within the expected accuracy left and right are likely issues with that particular round. Like a hair more or less powder, brass not well resized, different neck tension etc. All these things can cause small changes in internal ballistics that translate to pressure differences which at 700 or 800 yards can be magnified.</p><p></p><p>Left or right hits outside the expected accuracy may be wind or may be shooting form. If you tip the rifle a little left or right it will affect POI. Usually tipping a rifle at 700/800 will usually translate into a large POI variations. Anecdotally, I've seen misses of a few feet at around 500 yards to the right because of a tipped right rifle.</p><p></p><p>If something was loose or malfunctioning like the scope the rifle would be all over the place at 700/800 yards with no consistency.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vancewalker007, post: 2220240, member: 66917"] Is the flyer consistently in a particular direction ie. higher or lower than the main group of hits or left or right of the main group? For flyers higher or lower outside the rifle's expected accuracy but within the expected accuracy left and right are likely issues with that particular round. Like a hair more or less powder, brass not well resized, different neck tension etc. All these things can cause small changes in internal ballistics that translate to pressure differences which at 700 or 800 yards can be magnified. Left or right hits outside the expected accuracy may be wind or may be shooting form. If you tip the rifle a little left or right it will affect POI. Usually tipping a rifle at 700/800 will usually translate into a large POI variations. Anecdotally, I've seen misses of a few feet at around 500 yards to the right because of a tipped right rifle. If something was loose or malfunctioning like the scope the rifle would be all over the place at 700/800 yards with no consistency. [/QUOTE]
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