I have a 6.5 PRC built on a Nucleus action with a Proof Research 8 twist barrel at 26 inches. I bought the action used off of here. The gun had 101 shots thru it when I got it. Now it is doing something that I haven't seen before. This gun shoots under 1/2" groups with the Hornady Match 147 gr. loads. That is all I have shot thru it and all I have on hand now. Yesterday when I was shooting it was going great at 100 yards. So I went out to 400 and was getting good groups. Then one of the shots missed the steel all together, this is a 24x24 steel so I thought something was wrong. I shot again and missed again. So I went back to paper at 100 and noticed a L shape hole.
It is the bottom left target. I was amming at the bottom right one. Those groups on that target were from some load work I was doing with another gun, they were not from this one. After that shot I got 2 shots touching where they were right along. Then another 2 that missed the target. So I cleaned the gun, checked the muzzle brake. Nothing seemed wrong running a patch down the barrel and no marks on the brake. I contacted the seller and he wasnt sure either.
So today I took it out. Shooting the same lot of ammo. The first 21 shots where great. All within 1/2 MOA. Then shot 22 keyholes. Here is the shot.
After that shot I switched Lot # and the next shot was the same L shape way off target.
Then I shot 2 more and they were right back to normal. Then the next shot missed the backer all together. So I pulled the muzzle brake off and that shot also was L shape.
So now I am stumped. Does anyone have any ideas? Do you get the L shape when bullets tumble? I have never seen that. I only have seen them in a straight line. Also it is weird how it shoots so well then those come out. Just looking for ideas here.
It is the bottom left target. I was amming at the bottom right one. Those groups on that target were from some load work I was doing with another gun, they were not from this one. After that shot I got 2 shots touching where they were right along. Then another 2 that missed the target. So I cleaned the gun, checked the muzzle brake. Nothing seemed wrong running a patch down the barrel and no marks on the brake. I contacted the seller and he wasnt sure either.
So today I took it out. Shooting the same lot of ammo. The first 21 shots where great. All within 1/2 MOA. Then shot 22 keyholes. Here is the shot.
After that shot I switched Lot # and the next shot was the same L shape way off target.
Then I shot 2 more and they were right back to normal. Then the next shot missed the backer all together. So I pulled the muzzle brake off and that shot also was L shape.
So now I am stumped. Does anyone have any ideas? Do you get the L shape when bullets tumble? I have never seen that. I only have seen them in a straight line. Also it is weird how it shoots so well then those come out. Just looking for ideas here.