Two shooters, two different POI, same gun

[TXAoudadKlr]

While shooting yesterday with my girlfriend and her rifle at 315 and 505 yards validating the drops for it…..

I noticed with the same dope we had different points of impact. Grouping size only varying marginally between us.

I noticed a similar thing when zeroing it at 100 on a different outing

Does a shooter's style/technique come into play here?

 

[Justice1327]

Some on technique, some on recoil sensitivity, parallax is something to consider. Rifle cant is also sometimes the culprit

 

[Deviant]

While shooting yesterday with my girlfriend and her rifle at 315 and 505 yards validating the drops for it…..

I noticed with the same dope we had different points of impact. Grouping size only varying marginally between us.

I noticed a similar thing when zeroing it at 100 on a different outing

Does a shooter's style/technique come into play here?

Happens all the time when my brother in law and I shoot together. Parallax can sometimes be a problem but different rifle holds/grip, trigger pull and how tight you pull the rifle to your shoulder can also affect POI. I have a few custom rifle that shoot bugholes with either one of us shooting them but the POI is almost always slightly different between us.

 

[Rick Richard]

While shooting yesterday with my girlfriend and her rifle at 315 and 505 yards validating the drops for it…..

I noticed with the same dope we had different points of impact. Grouping size only varying marginally between us.

I noticed a similar thing when zeroing it at 100 on a different outing

Does a shooter's style/technique come into play here?

Yes, but it should not be a significant change. most likely shooting form and the manner recoil is distributed makes the difference.

 

[218Peterson]

Pretty common i think. My buddy often shoots groups a little off from where mine land. He also doesn't think a level is ever right so there is that as well lol.

 

[Deleted member 109523]

My son and I shot his 280 AI out to 800 the other day. 2 nice tight .6 groups, but a foot apart. mine were high. I'm near sighted, and he's far sighted. So maybe there's that

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

While shooting yesterday with my girlfriend and her rifle at 315 and 505 yards validating the drops for it…..

I noticed with the same dope we had different points of impact. Grouping size only varying marginally between us.

I noticed a similar thing when zeroing it at 100 on a different outing

Does a shooter's style/technique come into play here?

Rifle cant will cause a shift in POI.
Do you have a level on your stock/scope?

 

[TXAoudadKlr]

Rifle cant will cause a shift in POI.
Do you have a level on your stock/scope?

Not yet.

It was a consistent shift in vertical. Started with her shooting and centering the shots on the plate. I then took a shot and it landed low. I adjusted and the shot centered up on the target. After my adjustment she fired and the shot landed a minute high while mine would land low following her adjustment for a center hit

 

[memtb]

I experienced the very same thing with a good friend of mine. At 100 yards, there was about 2 inches vertical and horizontal between our groups. It was so consistent, we could have zero'd each other's rifles.

Thankfully, my wife and I do not share this issue! memtb

 

[Chamberman]

Cheek weld as related to eye alignment to ocular center of scope.

 

[wernerpd]

All factors listed above apply and I would also add differences due to left eye/right eye dominant.

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[wolffo]

yup

 

[BrentM]

Very common when you consider the builds of different people and their natural point of aim. Only those who truly get behind a scope exactly the same have the same poi.