These are the first two groups I fired at 50-yards -- 1 indicated by Red, 2 indicated by Blue. Point of aim was dead center in the black 3" dot.
The round circled by red and high and right was a pulled shot.
You can see by the target that I try to get the most use out of target paper as possible.
Anyway, the real purpose of this thread is to demonstrate the point of impact by two different brands ammunition. The ammunition I used today was two brands of factory brand ammo.
1. Remington Express .444 Marlin 240gr Soft Point -- Indicated by Red
2. Hornady "Light Magnum" .444 Marlin 265gr FP Interlock -- Indicated by Blue
It has been my experience that when using different weight bullets from the same rifle that the heavier bullet will have a lower point of impact than the lighter bullet BUT in this case, the Hornady "Light Magnum" has the same point of impact as the Remington ammo. I believe that is because the Hornady "Light Magnum" is loaded pretty hot and does not drop as much as a standard loaded .444 round. Just a point of interest to me.
Further, I like/liked the groups "as-is" and will leave the sight as I initially adjusted it when I installed it. Even with the flyer the group is good enough. It is 1¾" without the flyer and 3" with he flyer. Not too bad. The rifle should shoot dead on out to 150-yards with the sights set as they are.
After I fired the groups, I took the rifle over to the 100 yard line where we have a 6" round steel plate at 100-yards and hit it 3 out of 3 times off-hand.
Thanks for reading the thread.
