Thread: BAD FLYER 9"

you didnt see the wee dickybird between you and target at moment you pulled trigger perhaps???

@Trout
Possibly plastic tip of bullet going AWOL sometime between getting chambered and landing on target. But, even so, 9 inches of movement is a lot.
Another possibility is maybe Hornady putting one round of a different loading in the pack. Like, either a round with different propellent or different bullet weight. I know of one or two instances where something like this happened with Hornady factory ammo.
If you have a finely calibrated, very accurate scale weigh all remaining rounds from the packet and see if any substantial difference shows.