Should I revisit this group?

[taylorce1]

I was out shooting my Stevens 200 I put together as well as several other rifles, I was rotating rifles out every 1-2 groups. I’ll be honest and I was tired as I had been at it for about four hours and this was my last load to test. I marked all the shots in order of being shot and they were all from a fouled barrel.

Shot 1: ND on my part, I was trying to adjust the front bag while my finger was on the trigger rifle not on safe. PP rifle handling skills on my part.

Shot 2: Bullseye!

Shot 3: Called flyer, don’t know why but I anticipated the shot and fubared the shot.

Shot 4&5: Bullseye again!

Now is it worth gong back to revisit this load?

Load .243 Win
40.1 gr I4350
CCI 200
New Win Brass
107 gr Sierra MK
COAL 2.720

These were the two previous 5 shot groups out of the rifle.

Now I’m pretty happy with the small group in this picture. All the groups were shot as quickly as possible to see what the barrel would do. I’ve yet to bed this rifle as I want to replace the stock with a better one and install CDI bottom metal.

 

[DrMike]

I would revisit the group just to eliminate the doubt that the two were actually flyers. Sometimes, we call flyers when it is actually indicative of the group itself. Just for confidence, I'd revisit the group. It has happened to all of us.

 

[Elkman]

Any time I am thinking I have found the "combination" I revisit that same load several times, before I hunt ,or figure that I am done testing that rifle. !!

 

[300WSM]

I say get back on the range and see if those were flyers. Were those fllyers or were they you ? Are you having some bad habits on the bench and causing the "flyers"?

You could have been burned out shooting at the tail end of four hours.

 

[Guest]

I'd sure shoot that one for group at least one more time. If those are flyers, you'd have a stellar load on your hands, potentially.

Plus, you'd get to shoot again. And that's always good. :grin: :grin: :grin:

 

[taylorce1]

I say get back on the range and see if those were flyers. Were those fllyers or were they you ? Are you having some bad habits on the bench and causing the "flyers"?

You could have been burned out shooting at the tail end of four hours.

I'm pretty sure they were me being tired, who knows for sure if the would have landed any closer though? I had finished with 30 round of Whelen, 24 .375 Ruger, 50 of 6X47, and just enough .223 to get my daughter's new Redfield to be on paper. All in all I'm not complaining too much about the groups I got.

 

[JD338]

Reshoot that load and let the barrel cool between shots.

JD338

 

[Guy Miner]

That load has strong potential. I'd shoot it some more.

Glad I'm not the only one who gets a wild flier now and again! :grin:

Guy

 

[taylorce1]

Reshoot that load and let the barrel cool between shots.

JD338

I need the rifle to hold MOA or better for six shots in three minutes or less. I built the rifle with the hopes of going down to Raton and doing the NRA Sporting Rifle Match at the Whittington Center. Unfortunately it will probably have to wait another year as I'm starting a new job early March and I won't have much time to shoot until after my 15 weeks of training is over. That should give me time to get the stock and bottom metal I want for the rifle as I think using detachable magazines will be the way to go with this rifle.

There is even a Magnum Rifle Match for you and Fotis to come down to.