Thor's hammer Found

[FURocious]

   

Target: IPSC 3/8" AR-500 hardened steel.
Gun: M70 FWT. 270 WSM
Bullet: 130gr Hornady SST
Powder: 64gr H-4831
Case: WIN
Primer: WINMAG
FPS: 3070 @ 40 F
Group Size .25"
Distance: 110 yds

I was humming along with the load listed above and was getting really excited.  I could see only a small silver dot on the plate after 5 rounds and thought, "I've got the perfect load!" I fire the 6th round and I don't see or hear a thing.  I didn't know what to think, 5 shots right on top of each other, then a flyer missing the plate completely?  

I trot down to the plate and discover a .5" hole busted in the plate right where I was hitting.  Through the scope, I just thought a big paint chip came off.  After I got over being pissed about putting a hole in my plate, I realized that 6th shot wasn't a flyer, it went right through that hole!  (Jagged hole at top, not square bolt hole at bottom of pic)

I guess 5 repetitive shots at the same point on the plate was pretty devastating.  I've never had this happen before, then again, I have never had 5 shots land pretty much exactly on top of each other like this on that plate.  

I think I'll keep that load and rifle.  Though, I'm in a little bind between using a 61gr XMR 4350 load that produced equivalent group size, and the Thor's hammer load.  I've got 8lbs of XMR 4350 I'd like to use, rather than buy a whole keg of H-4831.  

Hey, at least I had something positive to say about the gun!

[Ramrod]

Looks like you are all set. If you come across an armor-plated deer he's in big trouble.

[poncaguy]

I have a Winchester Super Shadow 270 WSM, great gun and excellent caliber........ :grin:

[longwinters]

To me it does not look like Thor's hammer . . . more of a surgical instrument.

Long