The odd shots are only happening at 600, which is a different load than my short line. So I feel it is not a gun issue, but ammo issue.
I'm leaning toward poor primer ignition. Would be odd to have 3 primers go south, when I have already shot about 300 of them with no issues. Perhaps I somehow contaminated those three with some oil or something??
You read my mind.OP do you wet tumble of ultrasonic clean your brass? Any possibility moisture in the case when you loaded? Just a thought.
I wet tumble and anneal after so no water from there. However, I do rinse lube off after resizing, so I guess it could be a possibility but I stored brass before priming and loading.OP do you wet tumble of ultrasonic clean your brass? Any possibility moisture in the case when you loaded? Just a thought.
You read my mind.
My other thought is consistency.
Just as the shooter is on target consistently, its possible to be shanking consistently.
Yes there could be an issue in your form that as a shooter doing the shooting dont recognize.
Maybe have another good shooter preferably someone who is a better shot watch you picking apart your form.
Sometimes we all need a lil coaching.
Ask me how I know!
Either:
In that order.
- you pulled the shots
- you didn't get enough powder
- your optic mount is loose
- your optic is bad
I love when sling shooters start talking about sorting brass for mid range.
That target is big, brass isn't making you shoot outside of the X-ring. I used to shoot LC brass in my F-TR 223. I shot mixed yr LC brass from the 90s until about 2 yrs ago. I didn't sort or weight anything. I could and did clean 600 yd F-Class targets.
It's not the brass.
I couldn't tell you as I'm willing to bet your a better shot than me.Had a very experienced shooter watching as i shot all of these. I could see shanking in the 8 or even 7, but not out of the black. A shot that low would’ve been obvious in the optic, no?
I couldn't tell you as I'm willing to bet your a better shot than me.
I do know we always look at our gear, but never ourselves.
During my time as a competitive archer I was shooting in the Oregon state indoor championships, second day of event after finding out I was in 2nd place with a real good lead on 3rd my nerves got to me.
Shanked my first 3 shots, all at 5:00 off target completely dropping 15 points.
I managed to meak out a 3rd place, but only by an X count of 2.
Either:
In that order.
- you pulled the shots
- you didn't get enough powder
- your optic mount is loose
- your optic is bad
I love when sling shooters start talking about sorting brass for mid range.
That target is big, brass isn't making you shoot outside of the X-ring. I used to shoot LC brass in my F-TR 223. I shot mixed yr LC brass from the 90s until about 2 yrs ago. I didn't sort or weight anything. I could and did clean 600 yd F-Class targets.
It's not the brass.
edit: water. I see the comment below that there is wet tumbling done. Once upon a time I used to use an ultrasonic. Got some cases that I would have sworn were dry. (in an oven for a while at over 200 degrees). Ended up with a batch of loaded rounds that a % would not make it to the targets at 1000 yds.
I think XTR has treed the critterSo you don't think primer can be an issue?
You are right, these are big targets and pulling off target would be quite obvious.
Will look into water issue, that could be plausible.
I normally first blame me.
What the hell does that mean?I think XTR has treed the critter
That sir means thatWhat the hell does that mean?