Quoted: What caused your baffle strike originally?
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The best everyone can figure is that it was a bad Hornady SP bullet. It was a last minute range trip and I didn't have any ammo loaded, so I grabbed a box of my Dept issued Black Hills SP's that we use (Red Box).
Started shooting and all was well. As I was finishing up, I got to shot 7 of a 10 shot string at the 300yd steel and didn't hear the impact. I could have sworn it was a good shot like the other 6, but figured I slacked off and missed. I fired shots 8, 9 and 10 and they fell within the group of the other 6.
Only when I put the rifle up did I notice the discoloration and an endcap strike. Looking closely at the inside of the muzzle brake, the bullet had veered off course the 1.5" or so from the crown of the barrel and hit the inside edge of the muzzle brake. Once it hit the MB, everything careened on into the suppressor. The best we can figure was that there was a void in the bullet that sent it off course like it did.
To give credit to Black Hills, they offered to pay for the damages. I didn't have to do anything though, Ron took care of everything. As Ron said, sometimes you just get a bad bullet and this just reinforced why I don't like Hornady bullets for precision rifle use.