The picture of frustration OR this could only happen to me
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Appalachiannative
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That's good to know. I'll have to pick some up
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A little 0000 steel wool might do the trick too.
Larry in wyoming
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Try some white vinegar on a qtip.
Don't forget to go back over it with some water to neutralize the vinegar. Then a dab of oil.
Don't forget to go back over it with some water to neutralize the vinegar. Then a dab of oil.
Ummmm....no....no.....just.....nope...
If zeroed at 200 yds, you will hit 3 inches high at 100 yds WITH THAT AMMO. The key that keeps getting brought up that you seem to not be understanding, is that because you did not confirm zero with this ammo before taking this shot, you have NO IDEA where your round was supposed to hit. Realistically, you didn't miss because the chart on the box says you were more than 3 inches high at 60 yds, you missed because there's no way to know if you were 15" high or 24" low. Your previous ammo was zeroed at xxx yds with a drop of +/-8" to xxx yds, moving at 2200-2400 fps(ish) with a b.c. of .193-.254 (ish, using factory corelokt numbers here), zeroed with that ammo at 150 to give a generous easy mpbr to 200ish yds (theoretically), you grabbed this ammo of an entirely different nature with a bullet b.c. of .330 moving at 2400fps, allowing a mpbr of 250 if zeroed at 200 yds(HUGE DIFFERENCE), and expected it to give you the same results as the stuff you were used to? You basically swapped out your factory carburetor for a 4barrel and went to the track without a test drive to make sure you had it tuned right. You NEED to go put a couple rounds of the new ammo on paper and figure where the new ammo ACTUALLY hits before trying to hit some critter, you simply got lucky that this wasn't a bad hit/long trail scenario.
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Arkansas Paul
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I 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.
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.
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Appalachiannative
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Are you talking about an in line muzzleloader or a modern rifle using ammo you loaded yourself? It's not clear to me sorry
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It was a .243 Win handload.
It acted just like a muzzleloader hang fire though.
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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.
