ChadAmberg
06-13-2022, 21:22
Yesterday went shooting with the AR. I was running low on my reloads, so I grabbed a couple 30rd mags of factory ammo that I had loaded about 10-12 years ago. I'm not the best shooter, but I can usually get inch and half to two inch groups at 50 yards, my eyes have issues getting much better. All I've shot for years has been my reloads (25gr Varget under 55gr Hornady bullets) and it's been nicely consistent.
So I set up and decide to shoot the factory stuff first. And I couldn't believe it. At 50 yards, I was getting paper plate sized groups, which is insane. I mean, yeah I had a little too much coffee right before, but my shakes have never been that bad. About halfway through William shows up, I show him, and let him knock off a string of 15. Before we check the target he's confident of a solid tight group in the bullseye, but once we check, he's all over the target like I was. I'm thinking the optic is loose/broken, something, but everything is tight. No keyholing or anything else weird.
Finally I pull out my reloads, and it's a 2" group at 50 yards, perfectly normal again. Thankfully it was the factory ammo, anything else would get potentially expensive.
I don't remember exactly who made it, but it was FC 11 brass, with crimped and sealed primers, but just normal 55grain plinker. Only thing I noticed is it was a little hotter than what I usually use, but barely.
Can't say I've ever seen anything else like it. I think I have one more 30rd mag of the stuff.
So I set up and decide to shoot the factory stuff first. And I couldn't believe it. At 50 yards, I was getting paper plate sized groups, which is insane. I mean, yeah I had a little too much coffee right before, but my shakes have never been that bad. About halfway through William shows up, I show him, and let him knock off a string of 15. Before we check the target he's confident of a solid tight group in the bullseye, but once we check, he's all over the target like I was. I'm thinking the optic is loose/broken, something, but everything is tight. No keyholing or anything else weird.
Finally I pull out my reloads, and it's a 2" group at 50 yards, perfectly normal again. Thankfully it was the factory ammo, anything else would get potentially expensive.
I don't remember exactly who made it, but it was FC 11 brass, with crimped and sealed primers, but just normal 55grain plinker. Only thing I noticed is it was a little hotter than what I usually use, but barely.
Can't say I've ever seen anything else like it. I think I have one more 30rd mag of the stuff.