Quote Originally Posted by pepper savage 111 View Post
I would say to consider bullet nutation. Given the flat trajectory of the 243, my guess would be that your missed shots may not be very far off. All bullet flight is actually more of a corkscrew style arc. The farther you extend your target, the more you'll see the effects.

Are you shooting hand loads? Are they more towards the minimum or maximum charges for the cartridge?
hand loads and they are middle of the road on load about 2800 fps and i can see your point but the hits from the same location without moving then the long string of misses left me baffled