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Reloading
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<blockquote data-quote="Kenster-Boy" data-source="post: 69820" data-attributes="member: 2330"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p> PS one more thing to check. Size a case and just seat a bullet in the neck. Chamber the cartridge. Extract and you should see where the lands have engraved on the bullet (put some jiffy marker on the bullet). If you cannot get the bullet to fully engage the lands before leaving the case neck, the odds of having a tack driver is slim to nil. 1 to 1.5 MOA at short range at best. Time to set back the chamber. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>This is one of the first things that I did. I had consistent 1 inch groups at 100 yards up until about two weeks ago when I did just what you recomended and it brought it to about 3/4 inch groups. So that got me thinking that it made a difference the first time so maybe if I got the bullet truly straight it would bring it in a little tighter.</p><p></p><p>But for a factory savage 112 BVSS I think that it isn't too bad. Not to mention that I am not the best shot in the world. I am just trying to get as much accuracy out of my rifle/me combination as I can. My groups also seem to start to scatter at 200 yards so I am hoping that this takes care of some of it. I just ordered some berger 180 gr VLD's and some Sierra Match Kings and maybe this will help my 200 yard groups as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kenster-Boy, post: 69820, member: 2330"] [ QUOTE ] PS one more thing to check. Size a case and just seat a bullet in the neck. Chamber the cartridge. Extract and you should see where the lands have engraved on the bullet (put some jiffy marker on the bullet). If you cannot get the bullet to fully engage the lands before leaving the case neck, the odds of having a tack driver is slim to nil. 1 to 1.5 MOA at short range at best. Time to set back the chamber. [/ QUOTE ] This is one of the first things that I did. I had consistent 1 inch groups at 100 yards up until about two weeks ago when I did just what you recomended and it brought it to about 3/4 inch groups. So that got me thinking that it made a difference the first time so maybe if I got the bullet truly straight it would bring it in a little tighter. But for a factory savage 112 BVSS I think that it isn't too bad. Not to mention that I am not the best shot in the world. I am just trying to get as much accuracy out of my rifle/me combination as I can. My groups also seem to start to scatter at 200 yards so I am hoping that this takes care of some of it. I just ordered some berger 180 gr VLD's and some Sierra Match Kings and maybe this will help my 200 yard groups as well. [/QUOTE]
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