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<blockquote data-quote="kolob10" data-source="post: 1691191" data-attributes="member: 27227"><p>A friend came to the range last fall with his 6.5 creedmoor in a Ruger PRS. Normally a .75" gun all day long. He was shooting handloads that he always fired. He began shooting at 100 yards and could not get on paper even though he had fired good groups with a 100 yard zero a few weeks previously. He became frustrated and I told him to move up to the 25 yard pistol backstop. pull the bolt, bore sight, and began to zero at 25 yards first. He dialed and dialed but he was shooting about 2" groups at 25 yards. I was working on another rifle at the time so didn't notice his frustration. Long story short. I first checked the scope mounts - yep the rings were loose. I torqued the rings and he re sighted at 25 then at 100 yards. Back to 3/4". Range Gremlins? I had a 30 Herritt T/C pistol years ago that shot 2" groups all day at 100 yards until the temperature rose above 80+ degrees. Yep - temperature sensitive powder as the loads were loaded pretty hot at 50 degrees. Back in the old days, humidity played a bigger part in the accuracy game with wood stocked rifles as they picked up moisture and expanded. I always have good days on the range but accuracy on any given day may vary. Hope you find your gremlin. After all isn't that part of the quest for that one holer. </p><p>Good shooting!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kolob10, post: 1691191, member: 27227"] A friend came to the range last fall with his 6.5 creedmoor in a Ruger PRS. Normally a .75" gun all day long. He was shooting handloads that he always fired. He began shooting at 100 yards and could not get on paper even though he had fired good groups with a 100 yard zero a few weeks previously. He became frustrated and I told him to move up to the 25 yard pistol backstop. pull the bolt, bore sight, and began to zero at 25 yards first. He dialed and dialed but he was shooting about 2" groups at 25 yards. I was working on another rifle at the time so didn't notice his frustration. Long story short. I first checked the scope mounts - yep the rings were loose. I torqued the rings and he re sighted at 25 then at 100 yards. Back to 3/4". Range Gremlins? I had a 30 Herritt T/C pistol years ago that shot 2" groups all day at 100 yards until the temperature rose above 80+ degrees. Yep - temperature sensitive powder as the loads were loaded pretty hot at 50 degrees. Back in the old days, humidity played a bigger part in the accuracy game with wood stocked rifles as they picked up moisture and expanded. I always have good days on the range but accuracy on any given day may vary. Hope you find your gremlin. After all isn't that part of the quest for that one holer. Good shooting! [/QUOTE]
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