CGWVU
Formerly 'Colson Glover'
Good afternoon all,
So I've recently been developing a long range setup from a stock Remington 700 LR chambered in a 300 win mag. I bought the gun last December and recently put a Vortex Viper HST scope with a 20 moa rail and Leupold Pro Rings. The gun was stock from the factory and we threw the scope, rail and rings on the gun and started shooting federal premium factory loads. It shot extremely well holding a 1/2" moa at 100 yards. Well I took the gun to a gun smith to have the trigger lightened to slightly above 2.5 lbs (hunting rifle), ensure the scope was leveled and the rings were aligned and overall just to see the setup. In the process the barrel was taken off the scope and the rings were changed from highs to mediums as there was a significant amount of space between the scope and barrel. Well the gun was put back together with the action screws being hand tightened by the gun smith and I do not have a torque wrench to check the lbs. I recently reshot the gun and it will not hold a group for factory loads or hand loads. It literally only has 20 shots through it. We tried Berger 190 hand loads and federal premiums and cannot get it to hold a group under 3" now. What should I do?
So I've recently been developing a long range setup from a stock Remington 700 LR chambered in a 300 win mag. I bought the gun last December and recently put a Vortex Viper HST scope with a 20 moa rail and Leupold Pro Rings. The gun was stock from the factory and we threw the scope, rail and rings on the gun and started shooting federal premium factory loads. It shot extremely well holding a 1/2" moa at 100 yards. Well I took the gun to a gun smith to have the trigger lightened to slightly above 2.5 lbs (hunting rifle), ensure the scope was leveled and the rings were aligned and overall just to see the setup. In the process the barrel was taken off the scope and the rings were changed from highs to mediums as there was a significant amount of space between the scope and barrel. Well the gun was put back together with the action screws being hand tightened by the gun smith and I do not have a torque wrench to check the lbs. I recently reshot the gun and it will not hold a group for factory loads or hand loads. It literally only has 20 shots through it. We tried Berger 190 hand loads and federal premiums and cannot get it to hold a group under 3" now. What should I do?