Diagnosing Groundhog shoot issue

[Timon]

I am the committee chair for the Groundhog shoots at our club. Last week we had a complaint about our new target backers. We have switched to a plastic cardboard backer due to its longevity. We had a shooter fire at 100 yards and out of 5 shots got one that the target paper was slightly “keyholed” or slightly out of round vertically. The shooter claimed it was the new backers that caused the issue. (It cost 10 points) I do not think it was our backers, I think that the one bullet had not stabilized yet for whatever reason. His 200 & 300 yards targets were all round holes. No one else had a problem, but I want to make certain the backers are not causing an issue. I am going to try firing upon the backers myself. We have used the same target paper for years without an issue. Looking for input.

 

[Bill K]

One bullet out of hundreds that day.. Bad bullet, I would say it is not the new backing.

 

[Timon]

I know I am new in charge there and just want everything right. Thanks

 

[shooterk]

Not very likely that backer caused keyhole. If so you would have had a whole bunch of shooter complaining.

 

[Timon]

That was my thought also. I had opened the range up on this day as a free practice day using the actual targets. I wanted to test the new set ups. All worked well and I received mostly praises, except for this one complaint. I guess that I will have to get used to the fact that I will likely not make every shooter happy on every shoot. Thank you for your reply.

 

[duke308]

No matter what you do, it is never the shooters fault.
I have run shoots for about 10 years now, you can't let it get to you.