.243 Hunting Miss -- Why?

[Dgd6mm]

l dont think the Unite States Post Office allows AMMO to be mailed. l believe it's on their 'Prohibited List'

I believe you are correct.

 

[markT]

I received the ammo. He had one of his sales guys drop it off. Hope to get out tomorrow after cleaning and get set up and shoot a few rounds.

 

[Tommie]

What’s hit is history.
What’s missed is mystery.
Don’t sweat it.

 

[markT]

Finally got out to shoot: now I’m confused.
I received some bullets from a member (n/c) thank you again sir! I removed the scope and retightened all the screws. Cleaned the bbl and shot a group the other day. Pretty much like the one I just shot. 1st shot high right then second below it then third below it. (125) yds. This just does not make sense. I am running a TBAC suppressor. Varget 36.5 gr. Any ideas? Thanks

 

[ebb]

Take off the can and see if it groups without the can.

 

[markT]

Didn’t even think about the can. I’m so dang low on ammo I hate shooting unless it’s for real. Thanks again!

 

[LiveFire]

I do not know if this is your problem but heres my recent experience with cold bore shots. I just went through this sighting in a 500sw magnum handi rifle. After a 15 round sight in and bit of shooting I put my gun away until season. I sighted in with maybe 45-60 seconds in between shots. It took maybe 6-7 rounds to settle into the bullseye. I was happy with 2in groups at 100yds. Good enough for deer season. I took a friend of mines rifle to the gun range a week into season and decided to take my rifle just to fire off a few rounds for fun. My first shot was 4" left, 5-6" low. 2nd shot was a couple inches both ways closer to the bullseye I was aiming at. The 3rd shot, whammy, bullseye. I let the gun set on the bench for a half hour. Fired another round and it was low and left the same as the first round. Fired 2 more and it did the same thing. Figured out my cold bore sight in is way different than my rifle after just a couple shots. I spent an hour sighting in, shoot, cool off, shoot, cool off until my cold bore shot was where I was aiming. If I had never fired the gun completely cold I would never have known it was that far off and probably would have wounded or missed a deer. Because my shots were so different from 3 shots in a row I have no faith in this gun and probably wont actually use it to hunt. I've never experienced a 2nd shot shift of that much with any gun I own. Even pencil barrel ar15's.

 

[gat]

Ran a gunsmithing service for years. Gonna say it and a lot of guys are gonna freak out when I do. We had a lot of trouble with Nikon Buckmaster scopes not settling in once zeroed, it was unbelievable. Sometimes you could make a major adjustment and nothing would happen then make a minute adjustment and zip! the dang thing would over adjust by 3 or 4 inches. Seemed to bounce around a lot and never really settle in and stay put. Not all Buckmasters but quite a few. Two or three a season wasn't uncommon. Never had the problem with Monarch series just Buckmaster.
Change glass and see what happens! Let the hating begin!

 

[gat]

Took my wife on a trophy Whitetail hunt one year as a gift. When we arrived a young man was zeroing a brand new Weatherby Weathermark rifle at the bench. He musta shot 15 or so rds before he was satisfied with his 100yd zero. Came in the lodge and as soon as the rifle was cool enough to handle he proceeded to chemically strip the bore brushed it 100 times and pushed three oily patches through the stainless barrel to keep it from rusting overnight he said, and proceeded to shoot 6 inches over the back of a 160 inch white tail three times in a row the next morning. when he got back on the bench later that morning the dang thing shot perfectly. Musta been some faulty ammo huh??

 

[sw282]

Ran a gunsmithing service for years. Gonna say it and a lot of guys are gonna freak out when I do. We had a lot of trouble with Nikon Buckmaster scopes not settling in once zeroed, it was unbelievable. Sometimes you could make a major adjustment and nothing would happen then make a minute adjustment and zip! the dang thing would over adjust by 3 or 4 inches. Seemed to bounce around a lot and never really settle in and stay put. Not all Buckmasters but quite a few. Two or three a season wasn't uncommon. Never had the problem with Monarch series just Buckmaster.
Change glass and see what happens! Let the hating begin!

Jacky Bushman sold a lot of Nikon Buckmaster scopes early 90s. Even sold me a couple. Mine didn't stay zeroed either. About that time l discovered prairie dogs and LEUPOLDS. l dont miss Jacky Bushman or Buckmasters. DON'T miss Nikon scopes either

 

[std7mag]

I took the Stevens 200 chambered in 250 Savage with me for opening day in PA, Saturday.
Buck came running through the woods. Stopped broadside to me 30 yards away. Put the cross hair behind the front leg & shot.
He touched his nose with his butt! Took off, crossed the lane and into the thick cover.
Friend & i did a grid search for 90 minutes. No sign of blood.
Found where a branch was broken between me & the buck about 1" diameter.

While searching later for a deer his Grandfather shot, a doe stood up from some briars. She went about 10 yards & stopped broadside about 50 yards away.
Good broadside shot on her put her down.

Yesterday, friend called me in the morning. His mom found the buck on her way into her tree stand.
It was hit high & back. Friend thinks branch made the bullet tumble, as the hole into it was oblonged.
She tagged it.
I was just happy it was found & the meat being used!

After dragging 6 deer out of the woods on Saturday, i should have a butt like J Lo's!!

Off today to a different area to try & fill my buck tag & last doe tag.

 

[markT]

I’m going to replace the scope. I can buy Burris at a very good price. Friend or friend thing. Anyway, what model would you buy?

 

[Dgd6mm]

I think ebb asked about which Burris to buy a few weeks ago and received excellent responses. Just wish I could remember which model it was.

 

[std7mag]

I’m going to replace the scope. I can buy Burris at a very good price. Friend or friend thing. Anyway, what model would you buy?

Depends what you want to do with it.
Hunting, between my friend & i we own 5 of the Burris Fullfields.
2 with duplex reticle, 3 with the E1 reticle.
All 5 are the 4.5-14X42.

For the price, they are actually quite nice scopes!

 

[billshehane]

NEVER take a rifle hunting without zeroing in reguardles of what has been taken off and re-installed.
That way you know if it is you or the rilfe /combo.