Groups opened up

[rstbkt69]

Nope, just ran a bore snake in it. Its common for some BR shooters to not clean after every outing. Ok its common for me not to

[brl0301]

pulling a bore snake through the gun a few times isn't going to get copper fouling out of the barrel

[rstbkt69]

I know that the boresnake isn't going to get the copper fouling out. I just personally don't feel that the gun needs that attention right now. My experience and YMMV has shown the groups to open up and settle in after a few shots .But your point is taken and I will get to it sooner than I usually do.

The good news is I went back to shooting off the shoulder again and the groups closed back up. Depending on the bullet from .65 down to .26. 3 of the 5 bullets I am shooting grouped right at an inch at 200 and one was 3/4. The other one was all over 2.5 inches till I went back to the earlier seating depth and it closed up to 1.75. I'll leave the SMK load as it is and concentrate on the other 4. Surprisingly the Berger VLD's closed up a little at 200. WHat I mean is the groups were around .65 at 100 and 1 inch at 200. I had been disappointed with the VLD's and was considering dropping them from the development cycle. I believe they warrant further study now.