Always that one shot that messes up a group.......

[bearintex]

At the range yesterday working on some loads for my 224 Valkyrie AR. I had 5 left after the 100 yard group work and a 300 yard drop test to figure BC of the load I've pretty well settled on. Hornady 80gr EldM over H4895 powder. Great SD's, decent velocity, runs about 3/4" out of the cheap PSA AR. Anyway, based on the drop I saw at 300 (10.4" with a 100 yard zero, or just under 1 mil) I dialed up 1.4 mil for the shots at 345 yard steel. First shot, perfect. Second, third and fourth shots, I could just barely see any other impacts. Cool, let's get a good 5 round group now. Nope, got anxious and pulled number 5. ****it. Screwed up what would have been a personal best group at that range. Opened up from 0.38MOA to almost 1.5MOA.



Orange paster dot is a 3" I stuck on there for reference for the app to measure.

[be12hunt]

Nice, that 5th one is probably the most accurate for a real situation with nerves getting up.

[ultrastealth]

Been there. It's just hard to figure out. Chalk it up to operator error and try that load again.

[bearintex]

Been there. It's just hard to figure out. Chalk it up to operator error and try that load again.

No doubt it was the nut behind the wheel.

[Playa]

“Oh that little guy? I wouldn’t worry about that little guy.”

[TacticalCowboy]

Well the other 4 look good

[meltingfeather]

that's why a lot of folks shoot 3-shot groups!

[ahlongslide]

A little white paint and you had an amazing 4 shot group. One more shot than most... just to prove you could repeat it forever ��

[Saltyag15]

“Oh that little guy? I wouldn’t worry about that little guy.”

Literally laughed out loud at my desk

[Artos]

Can't tell you how many times I've had 4 shots into a perfect hole only to have #5 make a figure 8 due to a missed wind flag / condition...had to keep myself from throwing hi dollar benchrest rigs downrange more than once. Infuriating!!

[TacticalCowboy]

that's why a lot of folks shoot 3-shot groups!

I still get a flyer!!

[JakeGraves]

You need to get further than 300 to adequately calculate bc. It usually doesn’t come into effect until about 800 yards.

[Radar]

You need to get further than 300 to adequately calculate bc. It usually doesn’t come into effect until about 800 yards.

Yes sir, you are correct.