1911 am i missing something?

[jamjennic]

testing some loads in my 22 tcm this morning shot 6 groups of 5 shots each and each time i put 5 rounds in the clip. every time the first shot went 6" high and right. the last four shots held nice groups. if i place the first round in the barrel and close the slide the problem seems to go away. what am i missing hear, besides the target?   

[Bugflipper]

It's usually from the barrel not locking up and going to the same position when manually loaded, compared to it cycling from fire. If you pull it back and let it run home on it's own and it still does it. Usually a tight bushing to barrel fit is the only way to get it to have consistency from first shot to the rest. I have known some fellows to cheat though. They load 7 for the first 5 shot. The first is popped at another target. 5 are grouped, the last is reserved for the first shot on the next group with a fresh mag behind it.

[jamjennic]

thanks for the reply bugflipper. i'll try the 7 in the clip method next time out.