Hit the range yesterday afternoon, (96 degrees), and again this morning (91 degrees). My purpose was to do some simple range work with some new equipment I recently acquired.
After I was through I had enough time to take a few quick shots with my Savage 210 shotgun. This was the first time I remember shooting it at the range in such hot conditions so I was interested in what it would do with a hot barrel.
I was shooting Remington Core Lokts on both days. On Saturday I took four shots in relatively quick succession. I would guess they were all shot in about 4-5 min total. The first three went asexpected, with the fourth beingcalled a poor shot the minute I pulled the trigger. Jcchartgirl then added a 5th shot and we called it a day.
The thing I found interesting when checking the target was the unique orientation of my first three shot group. Even though they produced a 3in group, (the 5 shot group, shot by two different shooter was 3.5in), the group seemed unusually orderly.
Today I repeatedthe processwith another 3 shot group of the Core Lokts before I called it a day.
The moment I pulled the triggered on the third shot my suspicions were confirmed. The barrel was heating, and forming a classic example of "stringing", for the second day in a row.
Not only are the strings virtually identical in length at 3in. The spread between bullets are very similar, and even the angle of dipersion is within a few degrees.
This is something I am clearly going to have to keep an eye on even in more moderate temperatures. One more reason to shoot more in the other three seasons!
I'll post day 1, then 2 below...
Hot in da Summer...Rifled Slug Gun..shots stringing..
