question for roundball

[beartrap]

what causes a flier? could it be a ball with a slight hole in it at the sprue, that is all i can think of. 5 shots at 60 yards, 4 in a 3" group and 1 not even on the target,2'square. hard to figure out.

 

[Rebel]

Are you sure that last one didn't go through an existing hole?

 

[roundball]

what causes a flier? could it be a ball with a slight hole in it at the sprue, that is all i can think of. 5 shots at 60 yards, 4 in a 3" group and 1 not even on the target,2'square. hard to figure out.

You probably just put a second ball through an existing hole...nothing else makes much sense that would explain missing a 2' target square...unless you had a serious hang/delay fire on one of the shots?

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Operator malfunction can account for such, don't ask me how I know. :grin:

 

[TN.Frank]

The ball could be a slightly different weight. You could have moved and just the wrong moment. Fouling in the barrel may be just a bit different then the other shots. Wind may have been different. There's a lot of reason that all the balls don't go in the same hole, pick one. LOL.

 

[paulvallandigham]

While there can be lots of reasons to miss a huge target, and operator error ranks #1- please don't ask me either how I know- it is also more likely that your 4th ball went through a hole made by one of the first three. It happens more often than we like to think. Sometimes, a very close inspection of each of the remaining holes will show just the slightest hint that the hole is not truly as round as the others, indicating that a second ball went through the same hole, only not quite! If you are putting 3 shots that close, or closer, I would not spend a lot of time worrying about this.

 

[shmrck1]

roundball makes sence! you don't IMHO
snake-eyes :hmm:

 

[brubincam]

back in 80 i was in shooting matches at 50 yards you could easy put your shots in the 10 ring but if you put a shot in the same hole the scorer called a miss,,, :shake: :shake: :shake: