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The Basics, Starting Out
9 inches low on first shot!
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<blockquote data-quote="8andbait" data-source="post: 611090" data-attributes="member: 40850"><p>Thanks for all the responses, I really appreciate it. </p><p>Just to recap I also believe the lubed bore had alot to do with the first shot just thought 9 inches was really low but that would only have been 4-5 at 100 so no biggy.</p><p> </p><p>I am familiar with fouling just never had a rifle that needed this many foulers to shoot well so that was sort of freaking me out.</p><p> </p><p>I am a new shooter at longer ranges never shot over 200 yards before this year because I never had to need for it.</p><p> </p><p>I tried 3 types of ammo at 100 yds and took the best shooting round to 200 and 300 but I believe the factor, as others have said, was the clean and oily bore.</p><p> </p><p>So today I picked up a couple different kinds of ammo at wal-mart (I know but it was the only place open this morning) to just see how it shot with cheap ammo. I got a box of winchester super X and Federal power shok in blue box.</p><p> </p><p>Last night I completely cleaned the bore of copper and powder and ran several dry tight patches through it so I knew it was clean and dry. Then I backed off the action torque to 55 in lbs.</p><p> </p><p>So at the range this morning I shot the winchester ammo first at 200 and it was pretty eratic but was expected because it needed to be fouled. after six rounds I switched to the Federal and got nice 1.5" groups at 200. I was happy with that so I shot a couple more winchester rounds and still getting oddly shaped wide groups so I will just save them for future foulers.</p><p> </p><p>So moved to 300 yards with the federal, made my 2.5 MOA adjustment and had a 2.5 inch linear group that was about 2 inches left. One shot about 1" left, one shot about 2.5" left and about 1/2" high and third shot about 3.5" left. Very happy with that so I made a right adjustment of .5 MOA and then shot the handloads which shot the best the day before and had a nice 2.75" triangle shaped group that was centered about 3" high and good left to right. Funny how the 160 grain handloads hit higher than the 150 grain federal but the 160's were accubonds and the others are lead soft points so the BC is probably drastically different.</p><p> </p><p>Anyway, with some more practice and technique improvement I feel I can keep this rifle under MOA at longer distances and that is all I can ask for.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks, Gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="8andbait, post: 611090, member: 40850"] Thanks for all the responses, I really appreciate it. Just to recap I also believe the lubed bore had alot to do with the first shot just thought 9 inches was really low but that would only have been 4-5 at 100 so no biggy. I am familiar with fouling just never had a rifle that needed this many foulers to shoot well so that was sort of freaking me out. I am a new shooter at longer ranges never shot over 200 yards before this year because I never had to need for it. I tried 3 types of ammo at 100 yds and took the best shooting round to 200 and 300 but I believe the factor, as others have said, was the clean and oily bore. So today I picked up a couple different kinds of ammo at wal-mart (I know but it was the only place open this morning) to just see how it shot with cheap ammo. I got a box of winchester super X and Federal power shok in blue box. Last night I completely cleaned the bore of copper and powder and ran several dry tight patches through it so I knew it was clean and dry. Then I backed off the action torque to 55 in lbs. So at the range this morning I shot the winchester ammo first at 200 and it was pretty eratic but was expected because it needed to be fouled. after six rounds I switched to the Federal and got nice 1.5" groups at 200. I was happy with that so I shot a couple more winchester rounds and still getting oddly shaped wide groups so I will just save them for future foulers. So moved to 300 yards with the federal, made my 2.5 MOA adjustment and had a 2.5 inch linear group that was about 2 inches left. One shot about 1" left, one shot about 2.5" left and about 1/2" high and third shot about 3.5" left. Very happy with that so I made a right adjustment of .5 MOA and then shot the handloads which shot the best the day before and had a nice 2.75" triangle shaped group that was centered about 3" high and good left to right. Funny how the 160 grain handloads hit higher than the 150 grain federal but the 160's were accubonds and the others are lead soft points so the BC is probably drastically different. Anyway, with some more practice and technique improvement I feel I can keep this rifle under MOA at longer distances and that is all I can ask for. Thanks, Gary [/QUOTE]
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