Hey Guys,
Finally found time and reasonable (32 degree) clear weather to go try the new Hornady Custom 250 Savage 100 grain ammo. 600,000 serial # range 99EG. Lyman tang peep. 100 yards benched off of good bags.
No dice! Shot two foulers, then six for the record. Five of the six went into a 5-inch "group" (if you can call it that). Number six hit a foot low. Yep, a foot. All shots felt like they broke clean.
Lest you say it is the "monkey behind the crank" or the rifle, this EG will group an 87 grain Hot Core into 1-1/4" to 1-1/2" on command at 100 yards with the peep. It may do better, but my eyes cannot discern any better than that!
I use a homemade target of dayglo yellow poster paper with a 1.5" black cross spanning the whole paper. Looks like a crosshair behind the front bead. Otherwise, the groups would be much larger. Open sight shooters may want to consider this trick.
So, these Hornady's are relegated to foulers. That Pre-Mil twist just won't stabilize 100 grains, at least THIS Pre-Mil won't.
It was worth a try, as you just never know.
Best wishes, Marc
