OK not really but I was at the range for my first just shooting for fun day in over a year ( yea to me 
) We were shooting steel after hours at the range . We had a large bank of plates set up at 30'-ish and one 8" plate set up at 100yds for rifle .
So there we are plinking away at both distances when my buddy comes over to where I'm shooting rifle at the 100yd plate . He proceeds to shoot his 9mm at the 8" plate hitting it an average of 1 out of every 4 shots . I thought how cool was that and grabbed my 9mm and started shooting . 25 shots later and I never hit it
I was low , high , left and right sometimes as much as 1-1/2 feet so a 3' spread . Hmm I know I shoot on avg better then he does so what's going on , I think to my self . I think maybe it's my reloads because I'm just using 115gr platted RN bullets . Although pretty accurate at 25' maybe 100yds is asking to much of these bullets so I ask to shoot some of the factory rounds he's shooting . I hit the target on the 5th shot using his ammo .
He then looks at me and says your reloads aren't that good are they . I then explain my plated bullets theory and take my knife and carve a chunk off the side/tip area of the bullet showing how thin the plating is . I then loaded that round and fired it at the target . Yep that's right , I hit it with that deformed bullet
It was likely just a coincidence but still was surprising none the less . We laughed about that for awhile .
The rounds in question were
115gr Rainier PLRN
5.4gr Titegroup
I think my issue is if I even care I can't hit a 8" plate at 100yds with my XD-9 ? I'll likely be doing this type of shooting more and more so I think I should at least try to load more accurately .
Any of you shooting cheaper platted bullets at longer ranges ? If so what brand and or type or profile seem to work best ?
) We were shooting steel after hours at the range . We had a large bank of plates set up at 30'-ish and one 8" plate set up at 100yds for rifle . So there we are plinking away at both distances when my buddy comes over to where I'm shooting rifle at the 100yd plate . He proceeds to shoot his 9mm at the 8" plate hitting it an average of 1 out of every 4 shots . I thought how cool was that and grabbed my 9mm and started shooting . 25 shots later and I never hit it
I was low , high , left and right sometimes as much as 1-1/2 feet so a 3' spread . Hmm I know I shoot on avg better then he does so what's going on , I think to my self . I think maybe it's my reloads because I'm just using 115gr platted RN bullets . Although pretty accurate at 25' maybe 100yds is asking to much of these bullets so I ask to shoot some of the factory rounds he's shooting . I hit the target on the 5th shot using his ammo . He then looks at me and says your reloads aren't that good are they . I then explain my plated bullets theory and take my knife and carve a chunk off the side/tip area of the bullet showing how thin the plating is . I then loaded that round and fired it at the target . Yep that's right , I hit it with that deformed bullet
It was likely just a coincidence but still was surprising none the less . We laughed about that for awhile . The rounds in question were
115gr Rainier PLRN
5.4gr Titegroup
I think my issue is if I even care I can't hit a 8" plate at 100yds with my XD-9 ? I'll likely be doing this type of shooting more and more so I think I should at least try to load more accurately .
Any of you shooting cheaper platted bullets at longer ranges ? If so what brand and or type or profile seem to work best ?
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