I'm trying to hunt down a problem/inconsistency with my loads. With 3 shot groups, I am consistently shooting 2 shots touching and one flyer about .5"-.75" off. I shot 2 groups back to back with the same load and they looked almost identical. Same thing when I messed with seating depth a little, different point of impact but still 2 touching and 1 flyer. All Hornady brass fired 1x, cases are tumbled, sized, primer pockets cleaned, flash holes uniformed, and seated to 2.820 OAL. I tried 2.850 OAL and still had two touching and one flyer. These are loaded at 41.9 gr H4350 which is right in the middle of a node. I would say its just me doing some poor shooting but the fact that it has happened almost identically like 6 times makes me think it can't be just a coincidence. Tonight I am going to weigh the empty cases and sort by weight and see if case inconsistency could be the cause. Anyone have any other suggestions that I may just be overlooking? I hate to give up on this charge weight because if i could eliminate that flyer then it would be a sweet load.
By the way, the flyers aren't happening every first shot or last shot or anything, it seems to be at random, and I am letting the barrel cool every 4 or 5 shots.