When shooting today I fired 6 rounds, 3 lower and 3 upper with my Browning Continental .30-06. There are only 5 holes in the target, spaning just under 2.5 inches, and each round felt good. Range was 100 yards, so I'm thinking that round #3 really did go through another hole...

Somewhere in the file I have a photo of a five shot group that looks like three holes. Cloverleaf with two down the middle.

Off a bench with a 14x scope, and my buddy looking at the target with a 60x spotting scope. Down the middle is where they went.

I've had that happen several times. Couldn't do it on purpose tho. I read of a target I think it was Gail McMillan shot that was 5 shots @ 100yds that appeared to be one hole but the backer said 5. Final measurement was .009"!

Lots of times thats why they made bullet dia plugs with magifiers built around them to score targets in matchs.

It happens to me every so often. It happened while I was sighting in a new rifle and scope two weeks ago just before a moose trip. Three shots from a group felt good but it looked like only 2 hot the target, a 14" X 14" on an even bigger plywood board. A close look showed one hole ever so slightly out of round.