My best three-shot group ever

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I was doing some load development for my .221 Fireball, and had finally got some IMR 4227 powder (thanks Dusty 61!)

Anyways I loaded up a bunch of ammo with a starting load of 16.8 gr of 4227 and 40 gr Nosler BTs, also loading some with 17.0 and 17.2 grains of powder.

So I was at the shooting club yesterday, shooting on the outdoor range using one of those "indoor" .22 cal targets at fifty yards to see how the various loads worked. The first couple groups with the 4227 showed promise, but nothing special. Then along came a fellow who I knew would ruin my concentration, and who would jiggle the hell out of the shooting bench, so I rapped through my second last string of three, and sure enough, over comes Jim with all of his usual questions and before he could set up, I told him I just had one last group of three to shoot. ;)

So with him yakking in my ear and me pretty well resigned to coming back later, I shot my last three loaded rounds from a fairly warm barrel. Jim was spotting and told me I was hitting way low (he was looking at the aiming target in the middle of the page that I had used with some forgotten load to zero a scope). I could see through my rifle scope that there was just one hole in the target, so I invited him to come up and look at it with me. Let's say that both of us were impressed.:dancingbanana:

I have shot lot of cloverleafs in my life, but I am not at all a bech rest shooter and never had a "hole in hole" target before. That one for a three shot group of .224 cal bullets measures 0.265" :cool:

I reckon I have found my sweet load for that rifle.....:p

Doug
 
That's pretty impressive, I shot a 4 shot group with my 25-284 with 110 gr Accubonds that measured .29, the problem was the shots were #'s 1,2 and 4,5 form a five shot string. I pulled #3 just outside an inch.
 
Once I had a 3 shot group at 100 yards that was one hole, I took it home and measured it. It was nearly 0.000" I then promply crumpled it up and threw it in the garbage because it was a fluke.

The rifle was my Ruger #1 in 7x57. I have made some crazy small groups with it from time to time.
 
Yes, the "REAL" test will be what happens at a hundred with that load. :rolleyes:

What I did not say in my original post was that I finally allowed my Model 43 Deluxe in .22 Hornet to go to a new home because this .221 Fireball is such a nice shooter. And a lot easier to load than those fiddly .22 Hornet cases!!!!!:bangHead:

I am waiting to see if 44bore comes on here and laments ever selling me this rifle, it is a Remington 700 Classic and just might, maybe, be a lifer here, like a REAL keeper! :p

Doug

PS to tod) hey, a guy has to get lucky once in a while, eh!?!?;)
 
back to rodagra..........

Thanks, my friend!

At this rate I should be shooting possibles by the time I am 156 or so. Glad I have an army pension......

Doug

PS) In separate correspondence, another fellow told me that he is proud of groups that are almost DOUBLE this size, at 0.500" What the heck is THAT to brag about? He says he is shooting something called a .50 BMG.
 
Republic of Alberta said:
Once I had a 3 shot group at 100 yards that was one hole, I took it home and measured it. It was nearly 0.000" I then promply crumpled it up and threw it in the garbage because it was a fluke.

The rifle was my Ruger #1 in 7x57. I have made some crazy small groups with it from time to time.
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The other two missed?:confused:
 
Gibbs505 said:
The other two missed?:confused:
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No, I don't think so. I have had too many crazy small groups with that rifle (and one particular batch of ammo) to think I missed the paper all together. Not just 3 shot groups either, I once put 8 shots into 3/4 inch. The group was perfectly shaped like this +

WIERD:confused: .
 
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