A quick history. I have a new rifle and scope that I have recently sighted in and got to a point where I thought I could fine tune some loads. The rifle is a 700 CDL in 7mm mag with a Zeiss Conquest scope. I used Speer spitzer psp 160's to sight the rifle in(I sighted in for about 3 inches high at 100 yards), I used a medium load of 62 gr of RL 22 for this task. I plan on using 160 gr Accubonds for hunting this year, so today I took out my first batch of loads for testing. The AB's shot nearly 2" higher with 63 gr of RL 22. I expected a little bit better flight from the AB's with better aerodynamics and 1 gr of powder more, but it seemed to me that 2 inches was a bit much. I guess the question is, does anybody find that a bit much or is that fairly close to what I should expect from AB's?

I initially sighted in with the 160 Speer's because they are a bit cheaper than the AB's. But when I went to check some AB loads they were about 2-3 inches higher. I thought that it may be due to the bullet design, but from the responses it appears that it may be other causes. It's not a big deal, now that I know that there can be such a huge difference I will just adjust accordingly.