That's good to know. I'll have to pick some upJust a quick side note, the cure for a tarnished brass front sight is to clean it up. A dab of brass polish should do the job real quick.
That's good to know. I'll have to pick some up
Ummmm....no....no.....just.....nope...I agree about the clean miss vs a poor hit completely. I had one of those stick rests but the deer was too far to my right to use it. Was afraid that if I pulled the stick out and reposition it would spook em. Probably should have took that risk. Was in a ground blind that's been set up and brushed in back in October. This stuff says it shoots 3 inches high at 100yds and dead on at 200yd. I bet I shot over her shoulder since she was maybe 60 yds away.
Got to a friend's private land I've permission to hunt at 6 AM this morning. At 4:40 PM shot at a doe and missed completely! I mean I followed her track from where she ran and found not a drop of blood.was shooting my trusty Stevens 325A .30-30 I've been shooting for years. The brass front sight has tarnished so bad it's harder to see than it used to be but I surely am not suffering from age related vision problems at 33!? I'm just really disappointed in myself. This is my first time missing completely. To be fair I have not been much of a deer hunter since my teens and this is my first year back since age 20 but I'm not out of practice with target shooting! Only thing I can think of is I was too anxious or it could be this new ammo I was using. I'll admit I've not taken any target shots with it yet. My first box of Hornady Lever Revolution 160 grn .30-30 wi
Just a question...did you verify your sights/load before using the rifle? Or, perhaps anticipate the recoil before the shot? This, providing your gun was in correct working order before use.
Are you talking about an in line muzzleloader or a modern rifle using ammo you loaded yourself? It's not clear to me sorryI had a frustrating experience this weekend as well.
I had a hang fire for the first time ever. Put the scope on a bid doe and snap/bang. Probably a half a second between the snap and the bullet firing.
I must have jerked or flinched at the snap because it was a clean miss. She was 75 yards broadside. Should have been a chip shot.
The only thing I can think of is maybe I didn't have the primer seated deep enough and it seated the primer and it was delayed going off. I doubt it was a bad primer, that's pretty rare.
It was a .243 Win handload.Are you talking about an in line muzzleloader or a modern rifle using ammo you loaded yourself? It's not clear to me sorry
Wow. Never had that happen. I reload shot shells but not metallic cartridges so I can't tell you for sure but to me sounds like a freak occurrence of badly manufactured primer. You should post about this in the reloading section of the forum someone will have an answer.It was a .243 Win handload.
It acted just like a muzzleloader hang fire though.