Plugging big holes

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ruger Rob

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Recently I have been using eley semi auto with the round nose for my matches. We shoot RBA and I have noticed that occasionally I am getting large holes (plug fits in loose). They are not key holing just punching a larger round hole on occasion. My question is how do you guy’s score shots like this when the plug fits in loose. Here is also the rub this ammo shoots great and i want to continue using it. This weekend we just tried to center it up best as possible and base my score off that.

Rob
 
A bullet that punches a hole larger then a plug, I don't know why that would be, but, ship it off to the US Olympic Team, I'm sure they would appreciate it. :D
 
Well just an FYI, I don't know what kind of matches your shooting in but fiddling with the plug after it's seated in the paper is a violation of plugging any kind of sanctioned match I've ever heard of. Understand the issue but that ain't the way around it.
 
What kind of backer board are you attaching your targets to? If you attach a new target to a used backer that has holes in it, make sure that you don't put any of the bulls over previous shot holes. Official targets make the best holes. Copied targets on copy paper do not.
 
Bullet shape and shape of target hole

Shoot a round nose hard ball bullet out of a .38, then shoot a flat nosed wadcutter out of a .38 and see which looks bigger on paper. There may be some .22 bullets with a "square" edge driving band cutting a bigger looking hole than more rounded bullets. Just a thought.
 
Change out your backers

Too many holes in backers, cause bigger bullet hole in target. Bad thing in ARA.
 
Fred,

That is a good thought. I was the only one with the oversized holes and it was maybe 1 or so a target. I was also the only person using eley semi auto.

Tim,

We shoot RBA, it is scored best edge, so if any thing by centering the plug they where not giving me an advantage. No one was putting any pressure on the plug. But if it is loose what do you do? What we did was try and place the plug as center as possible and use that for the score. Most of the time it didn’t matter since I was taking the center out anyways.:D

I am curious to hear how others have dealt with scoring targets like this or ones that have key holed. I know last year sevral people had 2 grove benchmark barrels that where key holing how where those targets scored? For ARA it is obvious but what about RBA and ir 50/50
 
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David Valdina said:
Shoot a round nose hard ball bullet out of a .38, then shoot a flat nosed wadcutter out of a .38 and see which looks bigger on paper. There may be some .22 bullets with a "square" edge driving band cutting a bigger looking hole than more rounded bullets. Just a thought.
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Bigger looking holes wouldn't matter if you stick the plug in them, the holes should be the same size. Sounds like keyholing or tearing.
 
We shoot IR50 and this has long been an issue. Cold weather keyholeing is not unheard of. The plug will generally find it's own center but with holes that sometimes keyhole or tear the paper, that's why you challange close ones. That plug goes in a slightly imperfect hole for a second time "maybe it's in,maybe it's out".
 
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