We did some shooting yesterday. Had to, goin out of my mind here...
I had bought a box of the 100 round bulk pack from WalMart and not at an incredible savings, but decent enough, $37 before tax.
We had previously sighted the rifle and were happy with it, placing rounds on target. Maybe not a ragged hole, or clover leafed, but on the bull from 25 yards to hitting clays from 80 to 100 yards.
We loaded the Fed bulk ammo and started with our 25 yard targets. Not impressed, I thought the problem was mine maybe or I had messed up my sights or something. For the heck of it we tried the clays out in the field.
Every round from a few different magazines were breaking just a little high and right. No idea why. I adjusted my sights slightly, but had to revert them back when we switched back to our Fed XM193 and AE black box, which were all consistent.
After gettin the sights back on with our prefered ammo, the only change we had to make was for our hold at about 50 to 60 yards.
EDIT:
Forgot to ask if anyone had ever had any similar experience with such variation from switching to another load?
I had bought a box of the 100 round bulk pack from WalMart and not at an incredible savings, but decent enough, $37 before tax.
We had previously sighted the rifle and were happy with it, placing rounds on target. Maybe not a ragged hole, or clover leafed, but on the bull from 25 yards to hitting clays from 80 to 100 yards.
We loaded the Fed bulk ammo and started with our 25 yard targets. Not impressed, I thought the problem was mine maybe or I had messed up my sights or something. For the heck of it we tried the clays out in the field.
Every round from a few different magazines were breaking just a little high and right. No idea why. I adjusted my sights slightly, but had to revert them back when we switched back to our Fed XM193 and AE black box, which were all consistent.
After gettin the sights back on with our prefered ammo, the only change we had to make was for our hold at about 50 to 60 yards.
EDIT:
Forgot to ask if anyone had ever had any similar experience with such variation from switching to another load?