Changing Ammo/poa
 

I bought some Speer 270 SP for my .44 mag revolver for a bear hunt next week. Sighting it in I'm shootin about six inches high @ 50yds. All my 240 grain ammo is dead on. I've never had that much of a difference with changes loads for rifle or pistol before. I have to go back with another box this week and see how it is under 50yds. I hate to move my sights for one hunt. Anyone else had this much of a difference with ammo?

It is very commom to have a large difference in elevation from one load to another. When going from my plinking ammo in my Ruger Super Balck Hawk my point of impact will go up over 1 ft. Doing the same thing with the same ammo in my El Dorado the point of impact will go down close to 1 ft. Velosity, barrel lenth and recoil all seem to have an effect on where the bullets will print.

In handguns, the heavier the bullet and/or the heavier the recoil, the higher a bullet will hit.

It's a simple matter of gun movement. A handgun will begin to lift and rotate in the hand before the bullet clears the barrel; so a bullet that's in the barrel longer will exit when the barrel is pointing higher. Simple.

Sight in for the ammo you'll hunt with.

I'll have the tinker with the elevation. Thanks for the info.