08-16-2021, 10:35 PM
Rifles can be beasts unto themselves. Some shoot some ammo much better than others and do not expect the same loadings to be the same across lot numbers they will be close but can be enough difference to notice with different lots of ammo.
Hornady Light Mag shot half inch groups at 100 yards in my 7mm-08 but their replacement Superformance shoots patterns not groups. The SF I tried from it were if lucky 6 inch groups at 100 yards but follow that group with Light mag or my favorite hand load back to half inch. I talked with a few people at Hornady and they said that is not surprising as 2 of them had experienced such with their personal rifles. Once the Light mags are gone it is back to reloads for me with that rifle, which I do not hunt with as much since I got the bot action Grendel.
Factory ammo is IMO a crap shoot, roll the dice on loads until you find one the gun likes and buy all you can of that lot number if you are a dedicated factory load shooter.
For the OP and what to do start searching for what your gun likes. Good luck
Hornady Light Mag shot half inch groups at 100 yards in my 7mm-08 but their replacement Superformance shoots patterns not groups. The SF I tried from it were if lucky 6 inch groups at 100 yards but follow that group with Light mag or my favorite hand load back to half inch. I talked with a few people at Hornady and they said that is not surprising as 2 of them had experienced such with their personal rifles. Once the Light mags are gone it is back to reloads for me with that rifle, which I do not hunt with as much since I got the bot action Grendel.
Factory ammo is IMO a crap shoot, roll the dice on loads until you find one the gun likes and buy all you can of that lot number if you are a dedicated factory load shooter.
For the OP and what to do start searching for what your gun likes. Good luck