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[Zig11]

I have been experimenting with reloading for the last little while and find it absolutely fasinating that reloading different grain and type bullets do not hit the target in the same spot, but group descent. What I mean is they seem to group but they group in different locations on the target.

Before seeing this on more that one occassions I thought they would shoot similiar only maybe up and down. But It appears that they are going side to side. I am trying to shoot 45 to 55 gr. bullets from a .223 to 300 yds. and get a good grouping. Different combinations to develop a good powder and bullet combo.

Am I nutz or just a lousy shot?

Zig11

 

[Obtunded]

A very common phenomenon. You are not a lousy shot.

Bullets tend to fly a bit of a helical pattern for short (~+/- 300M) distances before they "go to sleep". Where they land on paper is a byproduct of their velocity and where they happen to be in their helix. Bullets of one velocity will impact in a completely different spot from those of a different velocity.

Boat tail bullets seem to show this phenomenon more than flat based bullets.

As long as the group is consistent, WHERE it hits is less of a concern.