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Trouble with first shot accuracy with T/C Prohunter 50 cal.
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<blockquote data-quote="ENCORE" data-source="post: 603222" data-attributes="member: 33046"><p>I'm trying to get a grasp on your comment Are you implying that they are all inconsistent with the <u>FIRST shot only</u> with a saboted bullet or, are you implying that <u>ANYTHING shot with a sabot</u> will be inconsistent?</p><p> </p><p>Shooters were shooting excellent groups with saboted bullets, back when sabots first became available and your only choice was to use pistol bullets. It may have taken a little more "playing around" with them back then but, once you dialed them in, they were deadly accurate. With today's modern inlines, all of them are capable of shooting 1" groups @100yds or less with many of the saboted bullets marketed today. About the only choice today is, shooting a bullet that punches targets well and one that performs flawlessly on game plus still targets well.</p><p> </p><p>With today's modern in-lines and saboted bullets, they'll be as accurate and consistent as you put the time in. Consistently accurate out to ranges where the bullet energy falls off enough, that its no longer considered adquate for proper bullet expansion or clean kills. In most cases, more than double the 100yd range.</p><p> </p><p>Some rifles can be very finiky and just a mear 5gr. difference in the charge, can make the difference between a 3" group and a 1" group at 100yds. This 5gr. difference or more, can be attributed to your volume measure and how you measure your charge. Tap, no tap, etc. This can be a common issue for some shooters trying to achieve tight groups. Thus, the reason that many are switching back to loose power and weighing charges for consistency.</p><p> </p><p>However, this is the fun part, spending the time to develop the charge that shoots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ENCORE, post: 603222, member: 33046"] I'm trying to get a grasp on your comment Are you implying that they are all inconsistent with the [U]FIRST shot only[/U] with a saboted bullet or, are you implying that [U]ANYTHING shot with a sabot[/U] will be inconsistent? Shooters were shooting excellent groups with saboted bullets, back when sabots first became available and your only choice was to use pistol bullets. It may have taken a little more "playing around" with them back then but, once you dialed them in, they were deadly accurate. With today's modern inlines, all of them are capable of shooting 1" groups @100yds or less with many of the saboted bullets marketed today. About the only choice today is, shooting a bullet that punches targets well and one that performs flawlessly on game plus still targets well. With today's modern in-lines and saboted bullets, they'll be as accurate and consistent as you put the time in. Consistently accurate out to ranges where the bullet energy falls off enough, that its no longer considered adquate for proper bullet expansion or clean kills. In most cases, more than double the 100yd range. Some rifles can be very finiky and just a mear 5gr. difference in the charge, can make the difference between a 3" group and a 1" group at 100yds. This 5gr. difference or more, can be attributed to your volume measure and how you measure your charge. Tap, no tap, etc. This can be a common issue for some shooters trying to achieve tight groups. Thus, the reason that many are switching back to loose power and weighing charges for consistency. However, this is the fun part, spending the time to develop the charge that shoots. [/QUOTE]
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