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Everyone always wants to post up photo's of their best groups, but what about those great groups that were ruined by one stray shot that results in us cussing at ourselves and shaking our heads in disgust? Some people like to call them fliers, but the reality is the nut behind the trigger just wasn't quite tightened down on that one.
You really want me to use up that much space here?
I have targets from as far back as 2004. Most of them fit your criteria...
I should be able to contribute to thread after my next range trip!!
We don't need every example Frank, just a few will do. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by fgw_in_fla
When I was loaded testing for my 6BR at 100 yards I was getting excited after the 1st 3 shots then the 4th shot played with me. Number 5 joined the 1st 3. I figured out it pretty much had to be me.
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That last trigger pull always seems to get me.
http://i993.photobucket.com/albums/a...psyh8bhikv.jpg
Happened to me yesterday. Was finally starting to gel with the rifle, with some new fire-formed reloads. First three rounds made one ragged hole. The second two dropped, and were almost completely overlapped.
I was swearing a bit, but it's still one of the best groups I've shot to date.
http://i.imgur.com/7jqO6cM.png?1
heres one for you guys....35 rounds fired at this(18"x18") AR500 target with a 300wm and only two hits....
http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/.../photo3-20.jpg
almost forgot...that target was set up at 1845yds...5-12mph winds and my spotter didnt show after we had a few to many the night before LOL....target is set just at the bottom of the dot...it was 29 to 33 degrees that day...
http://i1239.photobucket.com/albums/...9d285f9618.jpg
Savage MK-II 22LR
5 shots at 109 yards. Ammo was either Eley Match or RWS-50... Can't remember for sure but one of those 2.
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...psjwgkrlvn.jpg
For comparison, here is how it usually shoots at the same distance of 109 yards with the same ammo... four 5-shot groups...
http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/r...ps87eeuw8s.jpg
Why were you shooting when you were loaded? Safety, safety, safety. LOL!!Quote:
Originally Posted by cs700
I wish I had some of my Air Rifle printouts. I've had a couple ten shot strings that were 98/100... with an 8.
Here is an 8 shot group from my Savage 17HMR at 50 yards with the CCI 20gr Game point. I just put the gun down and didn't go for 10..
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/i...626_101556.jpg
My buddy picked up a Model 12FV last week and shot it for the very first time today with factory Australian Outback 69gr SMK ammo. Scope is a Primary Arms 4-14 FFP, PA rings, Millett 20 MOA rail, Harris bipod knockoff. He made up for it with a .5 MOA group at 200 yards though. Actually I'm very happy with his shooting and only posted it here to razz him. Not half bad for an old blind guy! :crutch:
Went from a .27" to a .65"
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y29...psn9riv752.jpg
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Aaaaargh!!
http://i.imgur.com/clCdnhx.jpg
For you guys fighting that flyer, have you cleaned and polished the inside of you bolt body, checked for rubs on your firing pin and insured it travels smoothly. Have you made sure your primers are seated firmly?
Those 2 hits look like rick o shays to me lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by LongRange
But hey at that distance ill take it, ill take it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by yobuck
they may very well have been but like you said I'll take it...also I had a few to many the night before and almost didn't go out that day.
There is always one or two that mess up a good group!:p
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Bill
Years ago my son (now 55) bought a 6.5x 300 weatherby that had belonged to a deceased friend.Quote:
Originally Posted by BillPa
He got the dies also and when he loaded some and shot the gun that's what the target looked like.
I took a 6.5 bullet and dropped it down the barrel when he got back. It seems our friend had shot
the barrel out and sent it out to a guy by name of Vanpatten and got it bored to 7mm, but never remarked it.
My son already had a good 7x300 so he sold the gun. Reboring was quite common years ago, especially with long barrels
which were difficult to get.
Are we talking... consistency of lock time, here? It's possible, but I'm more or less willing to own-up and say it was me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Robinhood
Or the mirage.
On second thought, it was definitely the mirage.
H&R .357 with 140FTX over max charge of 2400 @ 100 yards.
http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/s...803_135059.jpg
I'll blame the two "fliers" on consistently inconsistent hold on the stock.
http://i560.photobucket.com/albums/s...803_135025.jpg
The rest of the groups that day were between .75-1.0" though. I'll still take it for the platform and shoddy shooting bench at a public range.
So after a year of trying to find a ammo my gun likes, I found it, this is one of the groups. I found that the turret moved after the 4th round, I must have done it during the cease fire while racking/unracking the rifle. This a 5shot group at 100 yards with asym 168 barnes ttxs, I'm gonna have to start to reload because I like seeing groups like this just don't like the 49.99 price tag of a box of 20. At that price I'm gonna move up to 338lapua.
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Sounds to me your not dealing with a flyer. Your dealing with Mirage. Maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mustangrande
That's still MOD. So what you pushed from heart to lung.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hersh5317
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Does rimfire count? Eley Target 9rds dead center + 1 flyer at 50yds
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