Don’t ya just love...

If you were going for the bullseye the “flyer” is closer than others in the group.

It happens to all of us, sooner or later. One of the problems of shooting higher powered scopes for me is being able to see the group.

Riomouse911 said:

That last-shot flyer?

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It’s like bowling a 298...Arrrrgh!

Stay safe.

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Wait....is a 298 in bowling good?

"Last shot"? All mine are either 2nd or 3rd . . .
Harumph

A buddy was shooting with me outdoors on Saturday (223's) and we had the same discussion. I can shoot a 3 shot group with 2 right on each other and then 1 flyer. Then I can shoot a 4 shot group with 3 right next to each other and 1 flyer. Then I can shoot a 5 shot group. Yes, you guessed it. 4 close and 1 flyer.

But, I can't just not shoot the final round in the group to fix my problem. The flyer is never the last one of the group. That would be too easy.

Steve S. said:

It is funny how your mind always wants to protect itself from mistakes; group fliers are no different than a first wife, the lost assets in the divorce and the promise that the next one is somehow going to be better.

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That was classic stuff!

Ron

Steve S. said:

My flier is always my 4th or 5th shot because I looked at the group thru my scope and I then get nervous. Referred to prior as “the pressure”, I fold like a cheap suit and always blame the rifle when I know it was really me choking on the shot. It is funny how your mind always wants to protect itself from mistakes; group fliers are no different than a first wife, the lost assets in the divorce and the promise that the next one is somehow going to be better. Or maybe a group flier is really like God’s great joke on human males that we like to call testosterone?????

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I choke on handgun shots. The first 4 or 5 will be perfect. I will see that and tell myself not to mess up the next shot and Bam! A flyer.
Ya gotta laugh…or you’ll be grumpy and miserable.

I call this my best-worst target. 03A3 at 100 yds. Guess which was the last shot.

Looks like you decapitated that bug with the last shot.

Riomouse911 said:

That last-shot flyer?

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It’s like bowling a 298...Arrrrgh!

Stay safe.

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DMW1116 said:

Did you walk up to the clerk and calmly ask “so about that 9mm out back?”

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I quit counting those I’ve blown like that. The older I get the more it seems to happen. I use the wind as an excuse. Age, bum eyesight, and tremors has nothing to do with it.

I always attribute a 4th or 5th shot flyer to me not looking through the scope like I did for the other shots.

Riomouse911 said:

The way those shots walked reminds me of the time my rear sight came loose on a mini 14 when I was in a patrol rifle instructor course.

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ppknut said:

I call this my best-worst target. 03A3 at 100 yds. Guess which was the last shot.

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I'd take a look at your rear sight, assuming that target is oriented correctly.

Had the same thing happen 2nd time I qualified w/M1 carbine. Had a 10 ring sized group in the 3 ring @ 6 o'clock of the old 5v targets on rapid fire string. Cost me expert classification. (First qualification my bolt lug cracked through the extractor groove and jammed the rifle in the rapid fire string and I saved several rounds....knocking me down to SS, as well. )

And some 20 years later, in 1983 with a......yep.....03A3 in the 80 year commemorative 600 yard 1903 match @ TSRA state matches. Kept dropping a round out @ 6 every few shots but had my single vision glasses on and couldn't see the increments on the rear sight w/o bifocals.

About 5th or 6th shot figured out what was happening and "hitched up" the rear sight one click about every 3rd shot and kept most of the rest in the center. Managed to win the unclassified class in spite of that darned sight.



That was great fun to see 50 "as issued" 1903's on the firing line at one time!

Regards,
hps

The sight was firmly attached and not loose in the least.
I only used my spotting scope AFTER the first 4 shots. Ya think that biased my last shot?

Yep. Been there, done that...

Ha! When I shot BE we used clothespins to hold the targets and the most embarrassing thing you could do was shoot a clothespin and then do the "walk of shame" to the closet to get more. I never had groups like the OP but I did shoot a 90 once. Shot a few clothespins too.