I'm not an excellent shot with a rifle by any stretch of the imagination. And I am fully aware that different loads can and will have different points of impact on target, and yet I was still surprised at how much variation I found at a relatively short distance of 100yds. The target below is from today's range trip, top targets are from a Winchester '94 with a Williams FP peep sight, bottom from Remington 7600 with an old Simmons 3-9x scope. 30-30 ammo used was 170g PPU soft point and 150g Federal Powershock. 270 was 150g Federal Powershock and 135g Federal Fusion. I would have expected better accuracy out of the lighter projectiles, maybe a lower poi, but what I found was the less expensive, heavier loads were much more consistent
Sorry about the fuzzy image, best I could get with my phone thru my binoculars.
That's six rounds for each target, (8 on the 150g 270) I was really surprised at the Fusion rounds being all over the place. I know I pulled one off with the 150g 30-30's. All in all, very happy with the day at the range, and happy to find that my rifles like cheap* ammo
*obviously, there is no such thing as cheap ammo anymore, but relatively less expensive at least
Sorry about the fuzzy image, best I could get with my phone thru my binoculars.
That's six rounds for each target, (8 on the 150g 270) I was really surprised at the Fusion rounds being all over the place. I know I pulled one off with the 150g 30-30's. All in all, very happy with the day at the range, and happy to find that my rifles like cheap* ammo
*obviously, there is no such thing as cheap ammo anymore, but relatively less expensive at least