Powerstroke
Handloader
- Feb 24, 2006
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This is an early 70's Remington 700 that has always had a Redfield 3x9 wide-view on it as long as I can remember. I can't say this would be my first choice, but more for nostalgia reasons I kept it on. Long and sort, somewhere in the last twenty plus years of not being shot, the Redfield decided it didn't want to adjust any longer. ( found this out a couple weeks ago )
Fast forward to today >>>> I had a spare straight 8X Leupy in the safe that I decided to mount on it, and I was off and running. A few shots to get it dialed in, and planned on a last 5 shot group before leaving.
The first shot of the group was right by about three inches to my surprise. Upon inspecting the case / primer, I found the primer almost completely pierced, but also pushed inward. ( This ruined my 5 shot group I was expecting to be good )
I went ahead and shot 5 more, 4 of which are all touching one another, while the 5th is slightly low. Out of those five more, I had one other primer look the same. In all my days of loading, I've never experienced this..... thoughts?
The powder I used is quite old, but I'd suspect if it's bad, it wouldn't have grouped as it did??
Thoughts appreciated