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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 901255" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>If you are not going to shoot from a bipod in the field, I would save your money. Just buy a few more sandbags. You can buy empty shot bags on Ebay for next to nothing and they make great shooting bags.</p><p></p><p>As someone said I'd go back to basics. The thing I've seen that will cause more inconsistency in shooting groups is uneven torquing of the action screws so I'd say start there. If you don't have a torque driver, go buy one. Even a properly bedded action will be stressed if the action screws are not properly torqued and that will produce inconsistent groups.</p><p></p><p>You haven't mentioned here whether or not a good bedding job has been done on the rifle either and that's the second most common culprit as far as I've seen. While not everyone agrees my personal belief is that you install pillars and do a good bedding/floating before ever even shooting a rifle for the first time. You will need to do both at some point so save yourself the wear and tear on your shoulder and wasted ammo and start there. </p><p></p><p>You'll save a lot of aggravation as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 901255, member: 30902"] If you are not going to shoot from a bipod in the field, I would save your money. Just buy a few more sandbags. You can buy empty shot bags on Ebay for next to nothing and they make great shooting bags. As someone said I'd go back to basics. The thing I've seen that will cause more inconsistency in shooting groups is uneven torquing of the action screws so I'd say start there. If you don't have a torque driver, go buy one. Even a properly bedded action will be stressed if the action screws are not properly torqued and that will produce inconsistent groups. You haven't mentioned here whether or not a good bedding job has been done on the rifle either and that's the second most common culprit as far as I've seen. While not everyone agrees my personal belief is that you install pillars and do a good bedding/floating before ever even shooting a rifle for the first time. You will need to do both at some point so save yourself the wear and tear on your shoulder and wasted ammo and start there. You'll save a lot of aggravation as well. [/QUOTE]
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