Hello,

I know this gets washed over all the time, but hopefully this is a little
different. I was out
shooting today, using CCI green and a federal gold medal match. With both
rounds we
would notice an occasional different sound as it was fired, much louder, much
softer,
etc...sometimes this would result in a shot very far off from the rest of the
group, other
times it would be right on...it was about 12 degrees F and I was shooting with
an anschutz
fortner sprint. Was this due to the temperature or iregilarities in the
ammunition (both
are pretty high quality rounds...)? Is this where I should keep some of the
"polar" stuff I
see around in in my box?

Also in watching some races live and over the net I've scene that some people
pull out the
used clip right affter shooting and place it up, and others lieave it in the
action, and
replace it as they come into shoot...what's the standard?

thanks

eric

ems51@...