has anyone had this happen with cheap ammo

[Qhergt]

Well was out at the range and was shooting some .303 brit winchester with out any problems....then switched to some yugo mill surp stuff i picked up for $12 for 20 rounds and look what it did!!

 

[ben]

Ive had some of my reloads do that farther then my rifle would stabilize the light bullets. Called Keyholing.

Ben

 

[Ardent]

Yup, your bullets were not stabilized enough and keyholed (term simply comes from the keyhole like holes in the target). Were the Yugo loads a heavier bullet weight?

This is a hilarious piece of paper though, keep it!

 

[geeg]

That would still do the job though...depending on what you were shooting at.

 

[Ardent]

That would still do the job though...depending on what you were shooting at.

...for some things it would the job very, very well too.

 

[kodiak1]

Measure your bullets they could be undersized. Seen the same thing with a 303 that had bullets .308 loaded in them wanted to see if they would work, didn't.
Ken.

 

[Qhergt]

after that I just aimed at a differant target and went through the rest of the box as fast as i could

 

[Qhergt]

Were the Yugo loads a heavier bullet weight?
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i think they were lighter actualy......138 or 140 grain i belive.... I usualy shoot 150 or 180

 

[757Fixer]

Might as well throw those rounds at whatever you're aiming to hit.

 

[jjackman]

Your bullets are tumbling. Either a low powder load or too slow a bullet twist. Try a smaller bullet, your slower twist barrel may stabilize the bullet better.

 

[Ardent]

i think they were lighter actualy......138 or 140 grain i belive.... I usualy shoot 150 or 180

Interesting, I'm curious what's causing it...

 

[Qhergt]

my thought is just bad powder

 

[Ardent]

Most likely...

 

[mahony1977]

got a good laugh though it was a joke. I had it happen to me twice , i tried some 150 in my 308 then i went back to the 180s and it hasnt happend since. I think the added length of the hevier bullet makes better use of my worn rifleing.

 

[cantom]

Well was out at the range and was shooting some .303 brit winchester with out any problems....then switched to some yugo mill surp stuff i picked up for $12 for 20 rounds and look what it did!!

Was it Privi Partisan ammo? Or some unnamed surplus stuff?

Quite the target...I doubt it would be possible to do that on purpose...

 

[Hotwheels81]

thats not a bad group for something that was going down range every wich way but straight....

 

[Ganderite]

If you were shooting an Enfield, the twist would be plenty fast enough to stablize. Either the bullets are coming out VERY slow or the bullets are undersized. If so, shooting them is hard on the barrel - gas cutting.

Put a mic or vernier on the bullets. Should be in the range of .311 to .312

Ammo companies make mistakes. You might have some 308 bullets.