Gents
Thank you for the replies I forgot to add, he that which promotes growth and vigour some 5 shot groups that were exactly the same.
Fast strings group to a 3/4" 5 shot group, slow shots produce a horizontal string .
Hello all
I've reloaded some 143gr Eld-x for a friend of mine and his new rifle .
During development he's been getting horizontal strings .
All ammo is cleaned once fired brass all trimmed and COAL is 2.810"
Rifle is shot off prone with bipod and rear bag 100 m from target
Below are to diffrent groups of exactly the same powder weight bullet etc .
The difference is the one group is 1.5" below the other
The horizontal string is shot with 2 minutes between shots, the standard 3/4" group was shot one after another
Below is a picture of horizontal string the other group picture hopefully attached below
Every thing on rifle is tight and has been checked . I'm not shooting the rifle my mate is I always thought horizontal strings were driver error or something loose .
Can anybody shed any light .
martin
thanks for the butchering explanation and pictures, may i be the first to say i learnt something new today and will be putting it into practice on the next deer.........neil