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Bad Rifle, Bad Load, or Bad Shooter?
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<blockquote data-quote="FearNoWind" data-source="post: 1138604" data-attributes="member: 50867"><p>I sometimes contribute to posts dealing with accuracy issues by recommending that the author of the post, before blaming his rifle or his load, look first to the shooter. There are perhaps a dozen things a shooter can do wrong or inconsistently that can dramatically affect where the shot prints on the target. Here are a few examples of what affect something as simple as rear bag placement/adjustment and shoulder pressure can make. </p><p> All of these were shot from the prone position with a bipod and rear bag.</p><p> The first target resulted with a rear bag that had more of its filler on the left side of the bag, causing a "downslope" toward the right; allowing the torque of the shot to move the butt of the rifle to the right.</p><p> Without a rear bag, the shooter can experience similar results when the butt of the rifle is not squarely placed against the shoulder.</p><p> The second target resulted when the butt was squarely and evenly placed on the rear bag and shoulder pressure was reduced to probably about a pound.</p><p> Was anything wrong with the set-up? Yes indeed. I discovered that I had failed to correctly adjust the scope's parallax - which accounts for the 1/4 moa drift to the right.</p><p> Nobody's perfect .......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FearNoWind, post: 1138604, member: 50867"] I sometimes contribute to posts dealing with accuracy issues by recommending that the author of the post, before blaming his rifle or his load, look first to the shooter. There are perhaps a dozen things a shooter can do wrong or inconsistently that can dramatically affect where the shot prints on the target. Here are a few examples of what affect something as simple as rear bag placement/adjustment and shoulder pressure can make. All of these were shot from the prone position with a bipod and rear bag. The first target resulted with a rear bag that had more of its filler on the left side of the bag, causing a "downslope" toward the right; allowing the torque of the shot to move the butt of the rifle to the right. Without a rear bag, the shooter can experience similar results when the butt of the rifle is not squarely placed against the shoulder. The second target resulted when the butt was squarely and evenly placed on the rear bag and shoulder pressure was reduced to probably about a pound. Was anything wrong with the set-up? Yes indeed. I discovered that I had failed to correctly adjust the scope's parallax - which accounts for the 1/4 moa drift to the right. Nobody's perfect ....... [/QUOTE]
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